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JANUARY 25, 2012

Read the heart-warming tale of a young Pied Shag , a caring family, a helicopter ride, and a bird rescue facility.

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JANUARY 2, 2015

Watch this remarkable video about Wildlife Rescue, and read their blog. Birds Black Kites India Bird Rescue India raptors Mohammad Saud Nadeem Shehzad wildlife rehabilitators Wildlife Rescue' You can contact them at info@wildliferescue.org.in. Donations are both welcome and needed.

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JANUARY 30, 2015

After Nadeem attends the NWRA conference in Princeton, NJ, he will go to Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research in Delaware; The Wildlife Center of Virginia ; New Jersey’s Mercer County Wildlife Center ; and The Cape Wildlife Center in Massachusetts. What’s left?

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FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Jodi Swenson of Massachusett’s Cape Ann Wild Bird Rescue released a crow named Odin, who occasionally still appears at her open window. Many rehabbers raise several crows together and release them on site. The crows are not friendly to humans, although they sometimes make an exception for the person who raised them.

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APRIL 17, 2015

In addition to his passion for bird rescue, Rashid is also a talented artist, and his paintings and sketches supplement the many photographs in illustrating various aspects of the Great Horned Owl ‘s appearance and behavior.

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APRIL 5, 2012

Suzie Gilbert first came to our attention here at 10,000 Birds when she published Flyaway: How A Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings in 2009. She is also the author of Hawk Hill which was published in 1996. You can visit Suzie’s website here.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

In port, the local rehabilitators thought it would be best for her to treated closer to her home, at a facility dedicated to aquatic birds. I happened to work at that facility, for International Bird Rescue at the Los Angeles Oiled Bird Care and Education Center , part of the Oiled Wildlife Care Network.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Also providing advice were Dr. Jamie Lindstrom of the VCA Northview Animal Hospital in Pittsburgh, and Dr. Erica Miller, formerly of Tri-State Bird Rescue in Delaware. Wildlife centers depend heavily on the advice of veterinarians who work with wildlife, and who often exchange treatments and experiences with each other.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Or maybe something closer to home like the American Bird Conservancy or a wildlife rescue organization like the Marine Mammal Center or International Bird Rescue. Maybe a worldwide organization like the Wildlife Conservation Network , BirdLife International or the Peregrine Fund ?

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DECEMBER 5, 2014

He was right; a cheerful, enthusiastic group of parka-clad people eventually arrived to watch slides, listen to tales of bird rescue and rehab, and buy some of my books.

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JANUARY 15, 2016

After the bird had been stabilized, I needed to decide what my next step was. I called Dr. Erica Miller from Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research in Delaware for some advice. This began the rehabilitation of the first recorded sighting of a White-tailed Tropicbird in the state of Connecticut!

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JUNE 6, 2021

If you’ve had an encounter with a wild animal – a bird stunned by hitting a window, a fox hit by a car, or a family of raccoons unexpectedly found residing in your attic – you know how hard it can be to find help. Help is not just on the way, it’s here.

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MARCH 14, 2011

Sandhill Hunt: They’re Voting Now Sandhill Cranes: Game Birds? A Great Backyard Bird Count Miracle Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of January 2011) What is the International Bird Rescue Research Center Anyway? Where Are You Birding this Second Weekend of March 2009?

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

With fall migration well underway everywhere, it’s a good time to see what’s flying in bird news. Prothonotary Warblers (like the dapper bird above captured for posterity by Corey) should carry frequent-flier cards—a recent Audubon-led study found that one geolocator-toting individual racked up more than 5,000 miles in eight months.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2012

This unhappy-looking tar baby is covered with a green, environmentally-friendly product called Tanglefoot. It is a non-drying, sticky compound that is used to protect trees by forming a barrier against climbing insects.

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JUNE 1, 2011

It’s a common call/email/text that most bird watchers get this time of year: “HELP! I just saved a baby bird! What do I do? What do I feed it?&#

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APRIL 6, 2012

It’s a beautiful day, you’re out birding, and you come across a bird who, instead of perching 20 feet over your head or winging its way past your face, is standing on the ground with its wing askew, wearing a dismayed expression. What do you do? You pick it up (carefully, if it’s a goshawk) and bring it to me.

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MAY 4, 2012

This story comes from Emily Johnson, who is a sub-permittee for a licensed wildlife rehabilitator in Helena, Montana.

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APRIL 22, 2012

It’s clear that birds copulate, procreate, and promote their genes with alacrity. Do birds feel love? To explore this question, it’s probably best to first define love. Love includes elements of need, but primarily those of affection. It’s an attachment to another being that inspires deep longing and desire to be together.

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APRIL 16, 2017

The story begins with a Prothonotary Warbler found in Brooklyn by Gabriel Willow, a NYC birder, on Wednesday, April 12th. A happy circumstance, but not an unusual one.

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