International Bird Rescue’s wildlife clinics are open year-round to provide critical care to seabirds beyond treating oiled wildlife. In 2019 alone, rehabilitation teams admitted over 3,500 birds between our two California clinic locations. These patients were brought to us by the general public and affiliated wildlife groups. Our focus has been to act toward balance with the natural world by rescuing waterbirds in crisis – since 1971 we’ve admitted over 125,000 birds and the count continues.
Common Loons were among 24 contaminated waterbirds that were admitted into care after the recent storms in California starting January 13. Despite their dirty feathers, these birds are at a healthy weight and have minimal injuries. That being said – they’re a handful!
The 2022 Patient of the Year is the Red-tailed Tropicbird! Nicknamed the “Lady Gaga bird” by a TV news reporter, the Tropicbird was a stowaway in March 2022 on a container ship that arrived into the Port of Los Angeles.
The threat to wild birds is real: Bird Flu, known to the scientific community as Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), has emerged in 2022 as a serious and deadly threat to birds in a changing world.
We need your help in choosing the official 2022 Patient of the Year. After much consideration, we’ve narrowed it down to these four birds, who each had to overcome their unique challenges.
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