10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2017

When he reached out to ask if he could contribute a piece to 10,000 Birds about about the ethics around the current Snowy Owl irruption in the central and eastern United States we were all for it! “In In support of the Snowys I will not be liking any more Snowy Owl photos.”. Snowy Owls have value. Species have value.

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Ethics Owls New York North America 137

10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2015

Owls are among the birds with the greatest power to fascinate non-birders, for good and ill. One such person is Scott Rashid, who early in his tome The Great Horned Owl: An In-Depth Study recounts his own first owl sighting at the age of sixteen. The Great Horned Owl: An In-Depth Study is available now from Schiffer Publishing.

Owls 175

Owls Colorado Wounded Rabbits 175

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2016

Back in October, ON A WING AND A PRAYER was brought an injured Great Horned Owl who had been found on the median of a rural interstate highway several hundred miles away She was a great big female, presumably hit by a vehicle. Luckily, she had no broken bones, but she did have a large open wound on her right wing.

New Mexico 129

New Mexico Wounded Owls Mexico 129

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

The finders of an adult Barred Owl brought to Kathryn Dudeck in Georgia thought he had a wing fracture, so they wrapped the entire bird in the plastic protective wrap used by landscape companies and taped it up. They showed me their wounds! Yes, there was an American Kestrel inside!”

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Transported Wildlife Rehabilitation Bats Opossums 278

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

The trail wound through the woods, over a footbridge hugging a creek, and along a marsh where cattails swayed in the gusty wind. They rocketed past us, letting out that clamoring alarm call which made me pray they hadn’t found a young, hapless Red-tailed Hawk or a sleeping Barred Owl. I heard the sound of crows.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 170

Wildlife Rehabilitation Birds Wounded Abandon 170

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Pel’s Fishing Owl, where were you? On the other hand, their preferred food is blood, and they also feed on it directly, pecking at a mammal’s wounds to keep them open ( source ). The Black Heron – besides looking rather cool, though not really very black – also has an interesting fishing technique.

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South Africa Africa Birds Research 147

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2016

I went into a cage of young Great Horned Owls one night carrying thawed rats,” said Linda Hufford. “I Years ago I was handling a Barred Owl without gloves (I’ve since learned my lesson), my attention slipped, and one of his talons went through the webbing between my second and third finger,” said Tracy Anderson. .

Wildlife Rehabilitation 161

Wildlife Rehabilitation Wounded Wildlife Opossums 161