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International Bird Rescue Believes “Every Bird Matters”

10,000 Birds

Alice Berkner , a registered nurse, came up with the concept of International Bird Rescue while trying to help the more than 7,000 birds that filled warehouses around the San Francisco Bay Area during this 1971 oil spill. Birds are brought to the pre-wash care team for warmth, food, fluids, and medical care.

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Bird Songs (but maybe not the kind you’re thinking): A review of “There Are Birds,” a music album, and an interview with songstress Stephanie Seymour

10,000 Birds

A descendant of those little brown blobs–or, at least, a relative—was Emily, rescued by Seymour and her husband Bob, and made the subject of one of the tracks on her terrific new pop-rock music album, There Are Birds. As anyone knows who has been put under for a medical procedure with “twilight” anesthesia, waking can be weird.