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 them think we’re trying to eat them, not help them.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Wildlife rehabilitators are not known for our bling. People who work with wildlife wearing nice clothes? And parrots =.”. My own parrots have taught me to avoid wearing jewelry unless I’m far from home. I had an evil-tempered Great Horned Owl - is there any other kind? As for nice clothing … right!

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Bald Eagle Wildlife Rehabilitation Vet Birds 229

10,000 Birds

JULY 31, 2015

This post is from Lisa Beth Acton, a wildlife rehabilitator in Accord, NY. She has a captive-bred education bird named Xena, a Eurasian Eagle Owl. Lisa brings her to all kinds of gatherings to spread the word of wildlife (see Xena’s Facebook page ). This summer Lisa raised three orphaned Common Ravens.

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Raised Mice Wildlife Rehabilitation Squirrels 238

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2019

H is for Hawk was a hit for Helen Macdonald a few years back; and Wesley the Owl by Stacey O’Brien, The Parrot Who Owns Me by Joanna Burger; and Alex & Me by Irene Pepperberg are, each of them, delightful books as well. And there may be, probably are, men affected with this sort of thing, too, not just women.

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