10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2014

“We had a call one morning about a snake and a hawk,” says Tom Sweets, the executive director and chief rescuer of the Key West Wildlife Center , located at the very tip of Florida. The snake had no puncture wounds, and was released 24 hours later. He probably decided to make a meal out of the snake, but the snake had other ideas.”.

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Reptiles Chickens Sea Turtles Wildlife Rehabilitation 199

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APRIL 18, 2021

” “A nestling American Robin in a bucket of water,” wrote Jane Neville, now in Florida. They showed me their wounds! “We had a fledgling Yellow-billed Cuckoo delivered in a glass of water,” said Marge Cahak Gibson in Wisconsin. “By By a lawyer.” Soaked and ice cold!

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Transported Wildlife Rehabilitation Bats Opossums 278

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2014

We assembled at nine in the morning in a small parking lot outside the naval base in Key West, Florida. The weeks leading up to spring break had been a whirlwind, and the days before the trip mostly spent driving and exploring Florida. When I say “cut,” I mean paper-cut sized wounds here. That was mostly my fault.

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Birds Florida Groups Breeding 174

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

The trail wound down steep ravines and crossed narrow, sand-filled creeks before skirting the edge of the lake itself. The post Into the Florida Woods for the Holiday Weekend appeared first on 10,000 Birds. The three-mile loop left me slightly out of breath, but happy. The birding? The mushrooms?

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Florida Alligators Wounded Mississippi 176

10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2011

It’s only a small surprise that a significant proportion of those sites are in Florida. The jewel in Florida’s bedazzled crown may be Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, on the Atlantic Coast in the shadow of Cape Canaveral. As I slowly wound around the first few pull-offs I found little of note.

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Florida South Carolina Alligators Wounded 154

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 23, 2019

After the holidays I left Maine, returning to my home in Northwest Florida. There is a small wound on the lower beak, which is not significant, but will be cleaned and treated. I could write an entire essay on the foolish ways people approach nature and wildlife… but I won’t. No fractures were seen on radiographs.

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