10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

They landed in a group of trees at the edge of the river, the raucous calls of adults mixed with the still-plaintive cries of fledglings. Such is the sad truth of die-hard wildlife rehabilitators, who can’t even go on a simple bike ride without feeling compelled to rescue birds who either don’t exist or turn out to be perfectly healthy.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2014

Wildlife rehabilitators constantly receive lost racing pigeons who are starving, riddled with lice, and suffering from coccidia, trichinosis, or worms. Rehabbers can be a touchy group, and for good reason. Birds white dove release wildlife rehabilitators' Sometimes this happens to racing pigeons, as well.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2015

Thanks to groups like Alley Cat Allies, outdoor and feral cats have become above the law. Enough hand-wringing, enough taking butchered birds to exhausted, emotionally drained wildlife rehabilitators. Human rights, property rights, and wildlife rights – all in one steel container. You call the SWAT team.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2021

He found it in Gay Frazee , a skilled wildlife rehabber who runs Wildlife ER on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. On a sunny day in early April Gay transported the egret to Chincoteague Island, joined Elton in his boat, and motored out to where the group had gathered. He kept her supplied with minnows as he searched for help.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Wildlife rehabilitators are not known for our bling. People who work with wildlife wearing nice clothes? People who work with wildlife wearing nice clothes? asked Marge Gibson, when I asked a group of bird rehabbers about their bling experiences. Wildlife rehab can be so metaphorical. And parrots =.”.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2014

So I asked seven wildlife rehabilitators, “Tell me your favorite (or one of your favorites) release story – the kind that makes you keep going, in spite of everything.”. “A Birds bird releases wildlife rehabilitators' Biologists are trying to get them to adopt nest boxes, but no luck with the CA birds so far.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

This blog was written by Sherry Turner Teas, a rehabber in Chattanooga, Tennessee: It started out as a normal day for a wildlife rehabilitator here in Tennessee – giving medicine, cleaning cages, and feeding baby birds. Had I not witnessed her eating the spider, I wouldn’t have been able to properly diagnose her symptoms.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2015

Four years later, happy, well-fed, and carefully instructed that wildlife was no longer on the menu, he was the Village’s walking field guide to birds. In our future are Kilombero Weavers, Paradise Flycatchers, and White-Fronted Bee Eaters , as well a small, safe group of little white chickens. I gasped. “I I don’t do it anymore!”

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10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2013

This blog was written by Marge Gibson, founder of the Raptor Education Group, Inc. Even as a veteran wildlife rehabilitator, I could scarcely believe the sight before me. As soon as he was ready, we put him into the conditioning flight with eagles of all age groups, including “The Special One.” in Antigo, WI.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2014

I recently traveled to Oklahoma to help spread the word of wildlife, finding all kinds of adventure along the way. Since wildlife rehabilitators are in short supply wherever you go, we tend to forge internet friendships; then the fact that our closest compatriots may live thousands of miles away isn’t such a problem.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 18, 2012

This story comes from Lia Pignatelli, a rehabber with AKUSA Wildlife Rescue in Brewster, NY, who specializes in songbirds. During the next few days a family of four appeared during the day, helped themselves to the mealworms, and eventually absorbed Lia’s little orphan into their group. All eyes turned to Lia, and the begging began.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2012

On August 21st, Maryjane Angelo of Skye’s Spirit Wildlife Rehabilitation in Pennsylvania received a call from a man who said his nephew was standing in the middle of a rural road, guarding a Bald Eagle. People who say they have found an eagle have rarely found an eagle. Please help! Donations are tax-deductible.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2012

A group of us gathered to release her near the spot where she was found. She deserved her freedom. She deserved to retire in comfort and luxury. She was flying well, and caught her own food easily. Finally, the decision was made to release her in the summer of 2011.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2012

This story comes from Emily Johnson, who is a sub-permittee for a licensed wildlife rehabilitator in Helena, Montana. The sitting duck of a crow was surrounded by a group of teenagers who were not eco-friendly. Somehow one day Russell ended up standing in the parking lot between them, his wing broken and hanging.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

In responding to Suzie’s post defending wildlife rehabilitation I began to think again about the areas in which animal rights and animal welfare overlap with the field of conservation, and the ways in which they don’t. This is quite a big deal for an island group that had no mammals save bats for millions of years.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2015

Actually, I was bested by an entire group of teenagers, all gathered – along with 36 adults – on Hog Island , Audubon’s famous camp off the coast of Maine. Each year Hog Island offers programs, taught by a stellar staff of naturalists and artists, to groups of all kinds (teenagers, adults, families).

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