Dear Fellow Bird Lover, Happy May Day! With Mother’s Day just around the corner on Sunday, May 10, we’d like to suggest a winning gift idea: a Duckling adoption! Adopt a bird in your Mom’s name and we will provide you with a customizable adoption certificate. With a $75 donation you can “adopt” of clutch … Read more
Dear Friends, Good news! Thanks to your support, International Bird Rescue’s year-end online giving campaign is off to a great start. As of today, we’ve raised 61% of our $30,000 goal. Not only is a year-end gift to International Bird Rescue tax-deductible, but also it supports a growing number of patients coming to our wildlife … Read more
We’re almost there! Thank you so much for everyone who has adopted a crash-landed grebe to support its care and give one amazing bird a second chance to make it south!
Eared Grebe, photo by Cheryl Reynolds With fall migration in full swing, large numbers of migratory birds are moving through California on their way south. These birds follow the Pacific Flyway, one of four major routes in the Americas for migratory travel. Autumn becomes a very busy time for International Bird Rescue due to birds … Read more
Dear Friends, If you work in this business, you learn to live with a lot of heartache. For every case ending in an awe-inspiring release, there’s an animal whose injuries were just too much to bear. Some stories are a mix of both. Our Los Angeles center team recently received this adult Elegant Tern and … Read more
Dear Bird Lovers, Mother’s Day is this coming Sunday, May 11. If you haven’t yet found that perfect gift, we’ve got one here for you! We’ve received literally hundreds of orphaned ducklings this spring at our wildlife centers. Why not symbolically adopt two in honor or in memory of Mom? It’s simple. Click on the … Read more
Dear friends, In a few days, we’ll be marking a sobering milestone: the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska. Shortly after midnight on March 24, 1989, the oil tanker struck Blight Reef in Prince William Sound, home to more than 220 bird species. International Bird Rescue’s response team was crucial in efforts … Read more
This Valentine’s Day, share a special note to a lovebird in your life with our duckling pair adoption. For just a $20 gift to International Bird Rescue, we’ll create this custom valentine e-card with an optional personal message and send it on February 14 to your special valentine. Your gift will help support the care … Read more
Well, not quite. But the Rhinoceros Auklet gets its name for a reason. Residents of the North Pacific, Rhinoceros Auklets (Cerorhinca monocerata) are also known as “Unicorn Puffins” for the small horn extension on their beaks, present in both males and females during breeding season (click here for a photo of this species during breeding). … Read more
This past weekend, we brought you news of a female Northern Pintail that our Los Angeles center received after she had been struck by a car near The Queen Mary in Long Beach. An injury to her keel required surgical repair by our veterinarian, though the prognosis for a full recovery is very good. We’re … Read more