10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

Occasionally I host wildlife rehabilitator vent-fests, where I post a question on Facebook and duly note the rehabber responses. Today’s topic comes from Tracy Anderson in Hawaii: what was the strangest container (or method of transport) in which you have received wildlife? Here’s a sad example of where logic failed.

Transported 279

Transported Wildlife Rehabilitation Bats Opossums 279

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2016

Injured wildlife are not the most cooperative of patients. Wildlife rehabilitators have an arsenal of equipment and techniques we use to protect ourselves. Most of them think we’re trying to eat them, not help them. Frightened and defensive, they react accordingly. But life is not perfect. “I

Wildlife Rehabilitation 171

Wildlife Rehabilitation Wounded Wildlife Opossums 171

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2015

Here are some examples of when a bird definitely needs your help and a call to a federally permitted bird rehabilitator is warranted. Did you know a bird’s body has the ability to seal a small puncture wound within minutes? Predators and storms can wreak havoc and human intervention is sometimes needed for survival.

Wounded 256

Wounded Rescue Medical Cats 256