10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2012

We both have binoculars, and we’re watching a great big black bird. I don’t know if it’s an eagle or a crow or a vulture, I don’t know what it is, but I know it’s alive because we can see it moving its head.” “Can “My friend and I are standing here in the facility,” said Katherine. “We Can you get close to it?” asked Maggie. “No,”

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Rescue Bird Rescue Wildlife Rehabilitation Birds 237

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

I am so happy to be back on 10,000 birds – I have missed Mike and Corey and my fellow Beat Writers! Normally I rant about environmental dangers and describe heartwarming/mind-boggling/headscratching wild bird rescues. Two wildlife biologists brought me a Golden Eagle inside a metal pipe.” What are the odds?

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10,000 Birds

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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Tulsa Wildlife Rehabilitation Oklahoma Wildlife 243

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2015

Soon calls about injured birds poured in from animal hospitals, the police and fire departments, and various government agencies. Nadeem and Mohammed run a successful liquid soap dispenser business, and often one would receive a phone call, abruptly leave work or a meeting, and rush away on their motorcycle to pick up an injured bird.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

Young raptors like the above Bald Eagle chick are a different matter. If you find a young hawk or eagle out of the nest and it is covered in down and is unable to stand on its huge feet, it needs to get back in the nest. Once they are old enough to flop out of the nest, they have no desire to stay there.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2012

While we’re used to declarations that our pet parrots “love” us just as we love them, and they can be quite demonstrative in showing their affection, the evidence is thinner for wild birds.

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10,000 Birds

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? It’s free!

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