10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2021

Too often there are endless calls to friends of friends, to veterinarians who actually don’t take wildlife, to “animal control experts” who sound so dodgy you’re not sure you want them to know where you live. Animal Help Now is the first nationwide response system for wildlife emergencies.

Wildlife 264

Wildlife Wildlife Rehabilitation Animal Raccoons 264

10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2015

Thanks to groups like Alley Cat Allies, outdoor and feral cats have become above the law. Instead of Special Weapons and Tactics, think: Sealed With A Trap. Enough hand-wringing, enough taking butchered birds to exhausted, emotionally drained wildlife rehabilitators. Sealed With A Trap. Neighbor B has nine outdoor cats.

Feral Cats 259

Feral Cats Feral Cats Wildlife Rehabilitation 259

10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2014

In simplest terms it is where the landfast ice meets the open ocean, and it is a magnet for wildlife, especially in the 24 hour light of the Arctic spring. This June my brother-in-law and I took off to Kangiq (Cape Crauford), the western edge of of the mouth of Admiralty Inlet to Lancaster Sound. Ringed Seal.

Polar Bears 202

Polar Bears Seals Bears Laws 202

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2016

“Below the 40th latitude there is no law; below the 50th no god; below the 60th no common sense and below the 70th no intelligence whatsoever.” (“Antarctica” by Kim Stanley Robinson, 1998). And I need you to vote for me and send me to Antarctica, so I could write wildlife blogs on Adélie Penguins and Leopard Seals.

Russia 187

Russia Penguins Whales Whaling 187

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2011

Bald Eagles competed with hauled out Harbor Seals for our attention and we were told that the concentration of eagles was due to the salmon not yet running in the rivers. And quite a view it was! Once the salmon started heading upstream the eagles would disperse and go after them.

Washington 180

Washington Protection Puffins Rhinoceros 180