10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 28, 2014
If that’s not possible, she needs the knowledgeable care of a licensed wildlife rehabilitator. Wildlife rehabbers love the public. Somehow they manage to get the bird or animal to a rehabilitator, even though finding one is often a feat in itself. Why do wildlife rehabilitators not love the public?
10,000 Birds
APRIL 5, 2013
Even the most touchy-feely, circle-of-lifey, we’re-all-one-with-nature wildlife rehabilitators hate them. I arrived home with a nice inch-long incision right between my eyebrows, and found a car parked in my driveway. I had her wrapped in a towel and was giving her the once-over when … right! I hate them. It’s not good.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 14, 2015
Putting a baby bird back in its nest is not always the right thing to do. Here are some examples of when a bird definitely needs your help and a call to a federally permitted bird rehabilitator is warranted. It needs to be properly medicated and triaged. Unfortunately a bird’s nest location is not always perfect. Find a box.
10,000 Birds
JULY 27, 2012
She was tired, thin, and had several medical issues. On the other, she sounded like she might have a respiratory infection, I didn’t have the right drug on hand, and I was scared to death that I might go down in history as the killer of the birdie Methuselah. One of the animal keepers brought her to me, and I put her in my clinic.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 5, 2012
On August 21st, Maryjane Angelo of Skye’s Spirit Wildlife Rehabilitation in Pennsylvania received a call from a man who said his nephew was standing in the middle of a rural road, guarding a Bald Eagle. She gave him pain medication, checked in with her veterinarian, then settled him into a hospital box for the night.
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