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Bird vs. Reptile in Key West

10,000 Birds

Key West Wildlife Center takes mostly birds, but will rescue mammals, marine mammals, and both land and sea turtles as well. KWWC captures injured, sick or orphaned wild chickens, then adopts them out to homes on the mainland. Last year, 4,000 young Peregrine Falcons swept through the Keys on their way north.

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I and the Bird: What is a Vulture?

10,000 Birds

Vulture Hunts Down and Ravages Sea Turtles – Dale Forbes, 10,000 Birds. Thailand’s Adopt a Vulture Program – YC Wee, Bird Ecology Study Group. Hooded Vultures , photo by Adam Riley. Black Vulture, Coragyps atratus. Black Vulture – Michael Motto, Iowa Voice. If you Die – Corey Finger, 10,000 Birds.

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See OCEANS, Save Oceans!

4 The Love Of Animals

The 700 islands that comprise The Bahamas contain miles of vital coral reefs, which are the foundation of a healthy ocean environment, providing shelter, nurseries and feeding grounds for hundreds of marine species, including dolphins, sea turtles and a wide range of fish.

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