10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Wildlife rehabilitators are not known for our bling. People who work with wildlife wearing nice clothes? 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. Wildlife rehab can be so metaphorical.

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Bald Eagle Wildlife Rehabilitation Vet Birds 221

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 was working at the Coastal Wildlife Rescue Center here in Alabama, and he had either been blown in during a storm or caught a ride on a ship.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wounded Wildlife Opossums 165

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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Ohio Adoptable Emotional 2019 140

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 231