10,000 Birds
APRIL 18, 2021
Occasionally I host wildlife rehabilitator vent-fests, where I post a question on Facebook and duly note the rehabber responses. Today’s topic comes from Tracy Anderson in Hawaii: what was the strangest container (or method of transport) in which you have received wildlife? They showed me their wounds!
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 21, 2016
At that point I didn’t know about 10,000 Birds; I had been a wildlife rehabilitator and mother for years, with no time to surf the net for amazing birding sites. I was used to photos shared by rehabbers – gory wounds, wince-inducing x-rays, fledglings with terrible feathering thanks to uninformed “rescuers.” I was floored!
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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. Such is the sad truth of die-hard wildlife rehabilitators, who can’t even go on a simple bike ride without feeling compelled to rescue birds who either don’t exist or turn out to be perfectly healthy.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 26, 2016
This guest blog was written by Debbie Souza-Pappas, the director and founder of Second Chance Wildlife Rehabilitation in Price, Utah. The wound was also very contaminated with dirt and debris. The trap was not attached but it was obvious this was the cause, and the x-ray confirmed it.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 18, 2014
This morning’s news had this: During this year’s open of waterfowl season, the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center admitted more trumpeter swans for bullet wounds than ever before. …Veterinarian hospital workers in Roseville see projectile wound, or bullet wound, injuries quite frequently.
10,000 Birds
JULY 13, 2012
The man arrived at the zoo with bloody puncture wounds up and down both arms. Puncture wounds require a current tetanus shot, and I was overdue. None of the wildlife staff were at the gate when the man arrived with the hawk, so he gave it to a groundskeeper, who pushed it into a box with a stick. Evidently, it was not amused.
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. Most of them think we’re trying to eat them, not help them. Frightened and defensive, they react accordingly.
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