10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 26, 2016
After we took possession of an injured and weakened Golden Eagle from the vast desert area of eastern Utah, it became clear that the compound fracture of the tibiotarsus was the result of a steel-jaw trap. This bird was lucky to be found and rescued by a Good Samaritan in this remote area. This was going to be a tough case.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 4, 2015
Consider this: ninety percent of birds treated at wildlife centers are admitted as a result of human interactions that have nothing to do with “nature.” In a recent case involving my own facility, an immature bald eagle was hit by a car. People passed the eagle often. Our world has changed, and humans have created that change.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 18, 2021
Normally I rant about environmental dangers and describe heartwarming/mind-boggling/headscratching wild bird rescues. Two wildlife biologists brought me a Golden Eagle inside a metal pipe.” ” When it comes to wildlife rescue, transportation runs the gamut as well. “Almost restores your faith in humanity!”
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
I caught traveler’s diarrhea four days ago in the jungle (Imodium to the rescue, but just barely). The whole landscape seemed like something from a Jules Verne novel with weird-looking plants and strange creatures never gazed upon by human eyes. Oh yeah, I almost forgot. It was a Plain-capped Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpines ).
10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2011
That’s an old wives’ tale that says bird won’t take care of a baby bird with a human smell on it–not true at all. Wildlife rehabbers are good, but what human can teach where to flip the best leaves to look for grubby larvae? What human can point out a fox hidden nearby and how to avoid it?
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 24, 2014
“We let a one-eyed Bald Eagle go after a year of battling state officials in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Indiana and Kentucky. Two years ago we got a call about an eagle hit by a car. When we arrived we looked and there was our one-eyed eagle, eating a raccoon that had been hit. That was 9 years ago.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 27, 2020
Twenty-five-year-old Luna Burke is risking everything to smuggle a homicidal Bald Eagle out of her husband’s private zoo in Florida, reunite the bird with its mate, and get them both to an eagle sanctuary in Canada. I do occasional rescues, though, because everyone still has my number. Have you had rehab experiences with eagles?
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