10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 1, 2013
This story comes from Melissa Gillmer, a zookeeper and wildlife rehabilitator at the Bear Mountain Zoo. Melissa accompanied Danielle into the bear den for moral support, and partway into the cleaning session heard a thud. Birds black vultures Ospreys Turkey Vultures wildlife rehabilitators' asked Melissa.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 27, 2020
Faithful 10,000 Birds readers will remember Suzie as our wildlife rehabilitation beat writer. Trying to stop her is her furious husband and the authorities, and helping her is a smitten tech guy and an underground railroad of fellow wildlife rescuers. It’s a funny, suspenseful road trip with lots of wildlife. And birders!
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 10, 2014
This is more of a cautionary tale about one of the perils lying in wait for wildlife rehabilitators who decide to take shortcuts. Moral of the story: no shortcuts. Birds releasing birds wildlife rehabilitators' Many summers ago I received a young Red-tailed Hawk who had been found standing on the side of the road. Wear sneakers.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 12, 2012
That and the moral reprehensiveness of slavery. From there, I do a point count every half-mile for the next 9.5, a miniature version of that well-established national citizen science project the Breeding Bird Survey. It is this kind of logistical genius that undoubtedly contributed to the failure of the South to effectively secede.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 2, 2019
It just would not have been possible with our her determination, organization, foreign language skills, money management, incredible bird spotting ability (even at 70+ MPH) and her moral support that kept me going when I was at my most tired. John O’Groats Ferry Boat Wildlife Tours – Scotland. Carol and Livia – Doha, Qatar.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 18, 2017
The other up-side is the possibility of making a quick detour to one of Costa Rica’s best (and only) shorebird spots, the salt ponds at Punta Morales. We might not have wildlife refuges but we do have the Cocorocas salt ponds! After the stop at Morales, it was onward to Canas on my quest for ducks.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 17, 2014
The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation (NAMWC) is often held up as the best system of wildlife management and conservation in the world. But the tenets of the North American Model were developed in the 19th century, when wildlife ethics and science were a mere glimmer of what we understand today.
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