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? said Alix Parks of Happinest Wildlife Rehab in Tennessee.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 9, 2018
According to a Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences study, human-induced climate change has doubled the area affected by forest fires in the western U.S. So what do these facts mean for our wildlife? Fire can also cause wildlife to be burned, dehydrated and malnourished. This is about 35 miles West of my home.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 12, 2020
A generalist raptor that can keep on living in a human dominated landscape. These are the neighborhood raptors that make do, even thrive, by preying on the wildlife of an urban landscape. Hasn’t happened yet but sometimes I see resident Rufous-naped Wrens, Red-billed Pigeons , and a Squirrel Cuckoo or two.
10,000 Birds
MAY 23, 2014
It’s a wonder wildlife rehabilitators have any hair left by the end of the summer, as we’ve been so busy tearing it out over people who have found a baby bird and tried to help by squirting milk down his throat or stuffing him with bread. Call a wildlife rehabilitator! Even wild mammals – fawns, squirrels, bunnies, etc.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 5, 2015
Wildlife rehabilitators are a multi-tasking lot. Salami for an American Kestrel, salted popcorn for a baby squirrel,” wrote Sigrid Warren. “I I took in a Flying Squirrel they’d been feeding chocolate covered coffee beans,” wrote Letitia Labbie, to which Sandi Lancaster Leonard replied, “OMG! The baffling, mind-boggling public.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2011
If it is an emergency and since I get calls and texts from all over the country (even a few out of the country), I direct people to Rehabber Search or Wildlife Rehabber. That’s an old wives’ tale that says bird won’t take care of a baby bird with a human smell on it–not true at all. Owls are a little different.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 2, 2018
A bit beyond the basics but still fundamental are chapters on bird feeding consequences and problems (squirrels and raccoons, too many blackbirds, hawks and cats, woodpecker damage, window strikes, extreme weather, and bird feeding in special situations, including retirement centers, condos, and apartments. I came late to bird feeding.
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