10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2015

This week’s guest blog was written by Linda Hufford, who has been a wildlife rehabilitator specializing in raptors for over twenty years. She runs Birds of Texas Rehabilitation Center in Austin County, Texas. As a wildlife rehabilitator, I’ve used many of their gathered facts to improve my bird care.

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Collecting Wildlife Rehabilitation Solomon Islands Texas 240

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2015

My work as a wildlife rehabilitator over the past forty-five years has allowed me a unique perspective on a disturbing trend. If you see a wild bird in danger, call a wildlife rehabilitator. My father, a lifelong conservationist, spoke those words with reverence when describing the natural world.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Rescue Wildlife 189

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. I went into a cage of young Great Horned Owls one night carrying thawed rats,” said Linda Hufford. “I Most of mine are small mammals,” said Denise Hunter.

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