10,000 Birds

JULY 31, 2015

This summer Lisa raised three orphaned Common Ravens. They were not aware of wildlife laws, and thought they could raise and release them. We decided to raise them, and hoped they would wild up quickly if we followed the protocol for avoiding imprinting. She has a captive-bred education bird named Xena, a Eurasian Eagle Owl.

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Raised Mice Wildlife Rehabilitation Squirrels 241

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Smaller frogs and toads, mice, bugs, worms, dog food, and carrion, you name it. Focusing in on a flurry of activity from the other side of the water feature, I could make out a bird desperately flapping its wings as Clay-colored Thrushes and Scarlet-rumped Tanagers raised their voices in alarm. Birds too, if they can catch them.

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Costa Rica Investigation Shelters Illinois 262

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2016

Today is the United Nations World Wildlife Day, a time to celebrate and raise awareness of the living world around us. I remember, several times while motionlessly surveying birds, I found myself being investigated by Striped Field Mice , who would dare to come to sniff me. Raising and lowering its head, like stretching.

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Wildlife Tigers Asia Europe 185