10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

If you cannot find the nest or it’s too destroyed, do not try and raise a chick this young. It’s illegal to raise wild birds (even orphaned ones) without state and federal permits. Some rehabbers even have surrogate ducks or geese that they can raise a lone chick with and teach it to survive.

Birds 266

Birds Fox Raised Ducks 266

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

Raised in and around the West Texas steppe country where temperatures reached 100 degrees with regularity, he began life as the Dust Bowl and Great Depression converged. The only reason he kept coming back was hidden from the rest of the world, except for those survivors too lethal to die. He came for the hawks.

Falcons 190

Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 190

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

The most notorious effect is that their eggshells become so thin that a parent bird will crush it’s eggs while attempting to incubate them. Rabbits were introduced to the island by guano miners, which turned the previously verdant island into a giant sand dune; almost all vegetation was wiped out.

Albatross 215

Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 215

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Rats arrived on ships and cats, foxes and rabbits were all introduced and they were all detrimental to the bird population. Foxes have also been known to take their eggs and there are now numerous local groups who endeavour to help the populations of Hooded Plovers along their local coastlines.

Species 176

Species Australia Birds Parrots 176