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JANUARY 17, 2014

Normally wildlife rehabilitators try not to give these kinds of directions. Birds nestling birds Northern Mockingbirds wildlife rehabilitators' We say things like, “Just pick him up and put him back in his nest,” or “Leave him alone, the parents are around.”

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JUNE 6, 2021

Animal Help Now is the first nationwide response system for wildlife emergencies. AHNow’s database includes wildlife rehabilitators, rescues and hotlines, as well as veterinarians who treat wildlife. They will take your call, give you free advice, and even talk to the local operator in your area, if need be.

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DECEMBER 5, 2014

I recently traveled to Oklahoma to help spread the word of wildlife, finding all kinds of adventure along the way. Since wildlife rehabilitators are in short supply wherever you go, we tend to forge internet friendships; then the fact that our closest compatriots may live thousands of miles away isn’t such a problem. No matter.

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JUNE 13, 2021

When the photo was posted on social media, people immediately began making calls – to the local wildlife rehabilitation center, the state falconry club, and the wildlife division of the state wildlife agency. You know how you feel start feeling sick and lightheaded if you inhale gas fumes?

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JANUARY 31, 2014

This one comes from Vonda Lee Morton, a wildlife rehabilitator who runs Laurens Wildlife Rescue outside Atlanta. She and I have never met in person, but thanks to the internet we’ve been through all kinds of wildlife emergencies together. Birds Conservation Great Blue Heron turkey vulture wildlife rehabilitators'

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NOVEMBER 1, 2013

This story comes from Melissa Gillmer, a zookeeper and wildlife rehabilitator at the Bear Mountain Zoo. Birds black vultures Ospreys Turkey Vultures wildlife rehabilitators' The zoo is part of Bear Mountain State Park , a glorious expanse of mountainous land on the west side of the Hudson River in New York.

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JULY 12, 2013

No other wildlife rehabilitators could respond to the call, and Lisa was two hours away. Birds Cooper''s Hawks eagles wildlife rehabilitates' Erin Baker is another rehabber, as well as the Environmental Educator at Teatown Lake Reservation. She gave me the cell phone number of Paul, the owner of the yard. I asked him. “I

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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? However… Tracy starts us off. “A

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2013

A wildlife rehabilitator friend, newly licensed, recently called to ask if he could feed a recovering Turkey Vulture anything besides defrosted rodents. Birds raptors turkey vulture wildlife rehabilitators' Did I have an answer for him. Normally I feed vultures, as well as hawks and owls, defrosted mice and rats.

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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. 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. Moral of the story: no shortcuts.

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APRIL 5, 2013

Even the most touchy-feely, circle-of-lifey, we’re-all-one-with-nature wildlife rehabilitators hate them. Birds flat flies hawks hippoboscids wildlife rehabilitator' See that gross bug on the Red-tailed Tropicbird ? It’s a hippoboscid, otherwise known as a flat fly. I hate them.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2015

Do you know how many times a day wildlife rehabilitators say that, especially in the summer? Hey – I’m not the only rehabber out here. (Do Normally it’s in the context of: “Another Mourning Dove ? Didn’t I just take in eight Mourning Doves last week? Am I the only rehabber in this entire state who does Mourning Doves?”).

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MAY 23, 2013

I called my wildlife rehabilitator friend Maggie Ciarcia, who, yes, has rehabbed baby wild mice before. Birds crows mice wildlife rehabilitator' “We looked it up on the internet,” said one. I dragged out the heating pad, some Kleenex, and a 1 cc syringe. We diluted the Pediasure, warmed it, and fed him drop by drop.

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JANUARY 30, 2015

Through the internet, they have forged bonds with other wildlife rehabililators throughout the world. In March, rehabbers in the United States will gather at the annual National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association conference to make contacts, swap information, and learn new techniques.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2012

On August 21st, Maryjane Angelo of Skye’s Spirit Wildlife Rehabilitation in Pennsylvania received a call from a man who said his nephew was standing in the middle of a rural road, guarding a Bald Eagle. People who say they have found an eagle have rarely found an eagle. Please help! Donations are tax-deductible.

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OCTOBER 18, 2013

Wildlife rehabilitators all have their own cuteness appreciation levels, and black vultures send me over the top. Birds black vultures rabbits wildlife rehabilitators' Recently I rescued a juvenile black vulture who had been walking around a retirement community for two days, with no other vultures in sight.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Normally wildlife rehabilitators do not go around wearing birds on purpose. Swifts and swallows are notoriously hard to raise and/or rehabilitate, so rehabbers who don’t specialize in them tend to lose their heads when they’re successful. Last time it was birds and bling. Now it’s birds AS bling.

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OCTOBER 6, 2011

Thanks to a kindhearted man who found it, an able and willing wildlife rehabilitator named Linda Bowen who nursed it back to strength, a helpful pilot who got it to Florida, and a host of others, a White-tailed Tropicbird that was found on the ground and exhausted in Connecticut in the wake of Hurricane Irene will be released tomorrow.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

When using a regular hospital cage, the wildlife rehabilitator reaches in, picks up the bird, transfers him to another cage, cleans the original one, then returns the bird. Birds wild bird caging wild bird hospital wildlife rehabilitators' Thanks, Dad! I hope others can benefit, too.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2012

This story comes from Emily Johnson, who is a sub-permittee for a licensed wildlife rehabilitator in Helena, Montana. Grace’s family didn’t know about wildlife rehabilitators, so they simply kept him in the safe haven of their fenced-in backyard, hoping with enough food and rest, he would recover on his own.

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MAY 31, 2013

She lives with her handler, wildlife rehabilitator Lisa Acton, in upstate New York. Lisa takes her to schools, fairs, and events, and together they show people why they should respect and admire the wildlife who live around them. Birds Eurasian Eagle Owl wildlife rehabilitator' Xena is a Eurasian Eagle Owl.

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JANUARY 3, 2023

An impressive combination of research and artwork, combined with a pragmatic organization aimed towards quick identification, and education, Baby Bird Identification extends the frontiers of bird identification guides and is an important contribution to wildlife rehabilitation literature.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2015

They have compassion for all creatures, and need your help to keep up their wildlife rescue work. Nadeem has been given a scholarship by the National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association, and is going on an educational tour of the raptor centers of our East Coast. No donation is too small to help.

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MAY 23, 2021

But there are ways to prevent this situation, and to prevent the constant springtime problem of wildlife being orphaned… like these Barred Owls , above left, and Red-Shouldered Hawks , all of whom were delivered as eggs to Christine’s Critters in Weston, CT, thanks to two different private homeowners’ felling of trees. 5) Display attitude.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

It’s just that when summer is over and most wildlife rehabilitators are fried, this is the kind of thing that will make most of us fall to our knees, choking with laughter, tears spurting from our eyes. Birds abbreviations slang wildlife rehabilitators' I wonder what the other two were?”.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2015

Google your town, county, or state, find your closest wildlife rehabilitator, and send them a donation. Why not celebrate the 4th of July by helping the struggling wildlife (and wildlife rehabbers) of our country? Please – help them! Ask if they need help.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2012

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. The groundskeeper didn’t know that wildlife rehabilitators must always obtain the finder’s name, address and telephone number.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2016

By the time August rolls around, wildlife rehabilitators are fried. There have been months of late-night phone calls, hordes of orphans, and lots of less-than-satisfying encounters with the public, who, shall we say, don’t always have the best interests of wildlife at heart.

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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. Corey is a birder, not a rehabber, but he understood what I was trying to convey – what makes rehabbers tick, and why we keep going, and why we need help.

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MARCH 27, 2020

Faithful 10,000 Birds readers will remember Suzie as our wildlife rehabilitation beat writer. Your posts for 10,000 Birds took us into the unique world of wildlife rehabilitation. Can you share your most memorable experience as a wildlife rehabber? I can run but I can’t hide. There are so many!

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MARCH 8, 2013

She made the 10 or 14 calls it usually takes to find a wildlife rehabilitator, finally finding me. This gorgeous guy was hit by a car, I’m guessing, in a town south of me. He hobbled into the driveway of a woman named Terry, limping badly and unable to fly.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

This guest blog was written by Debbie Souza-Pappas, the director and founder of Second Chance Wildlife Rehabilitation in Price, Utah. Please visit Second Chance Wildlife Rehabilitation’s Facebook page and website , as well as the website of Payson Family Pet Hospital.

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JANUARY 25, 2013

As a wildlife rehabilitator I’ve always wanted to believe that if I put enough time, energy, and devotion into healing a wounded creature, our combined karmic payback will insure that it will live out its life well-fed and trouble-free. Releasing any wild animal is essentially rolling the dice.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 29, 2016

If the bird is truly orphaned and needs help, the best advice is the shortest: take her to a wildlife rehabilitator. Need more information while you’re finding a licensed wildlife rehabilitator? Curious about the time, skill, and knowledge it takes to successfully raise wild birds?

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10,000 Birds

JULY 29, 2016

If the bird is truly orphaned and needs help, the best advice is the shortest: take her to a wildlife rehabilitator. Need more information while you’re finding a licensed wildlife rehabilitator? Curious about the time, skill, and knowledge it takes to successfully raise wild birds?

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AUGUST 28, 2015

Part of a wildlife rehabilitator’s job description should be a willingness to have your heart smashed to bits over and over again.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Question: What’s one of the best things about being a wildlife rehabilitator? Answer: The presents you get from friends who are trying to distract you from all the stress in your life. Case in point: Vino Vodka Vulture. My friend Jon Walsh is a lawyer, writer, sailor, hiker, and fix-it guy.

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