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Kathy Hershey: Parker, the Playground’s Vulture

10,000 Birds

Today’s blog was written by Kathy Hershey, co-founder of Utopia Wildlife Rehabilitators in Hope, Indiana. After school and on weekends he’d attend soccer games and hang around playgrounds, preferring to spectate from the playground equipment. One Monday we got a call from one of the officers: “Hey, we’ve got to up our game!

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Identifying the Mystery Bird

10,000 Birds

Spring through summer is baby season, and the human population ventures outside and finds little creatures in their backyard, their garden, their porch, the edge of the trail, the sidewalk, the train platform, etc. Birds identifying birds nestling birds wildlife rehabilitators' Rest in peace, little guy.