We’re overwhelmed with gratitude for the hundreds of bird lovers who made a year-end gift to support International Bird Rescue’s “Every Bird Matters” mission. Thank you! Happy New Year from all of us at International Bird Rescue. May your 2014 be boundless and free.
Photos by Isabel Luevano Update, January 18: Check out a video update of this bird’s progress here. One of the last patients admitted to our San Francicso Bay center in 2013 is this Brown Booby, a very rare visitor to the area. The bird was recently transferred to us from our friends at WildCare in … Read more
Many thanks to wildlife photographer and naturalist Jim Hanlon, who took these recent photos of International Bird Rescue volunteer Dave Weeshoff (pictured above in the blue ballcap) and two fellow bird lovers releasing two Cackling Geese cared for at IBR’s Los Angeles center. The release took place at Sepulveda Basin Nature Reserve on December 23. … Read more
Photos by Bill Steinkamp Our patient of the week comes from International Bird Rescue’s Los Angeles center, which has been taking care of this juvenile American Wigeon for several days. Volunteer photographer Bill Steinkamp recently took a few snapshots of the bird recovering in a special waterfowl pen. This wigeon was found on Pico … Read more
Photo by Bill Steinkamp Our latest patient of the week comes from International Bird Rescue’s Los Angeles center, which at last count was caring for 42 birds, including Ruddy Ducks, Horned Grebes and a Rhinoceros Auklet. The Wilson’s Snipe was considered to be a subspecies of the Common Snipe until a decade ago, and is … Read more
Thanks to all the International Bird Rescue supporters who gave during the annual #GivingTuesday event today! Your gifts help to care for wonderful birds, such is this quartet of Eared Grebes recently rehabilitated and released by our Los Angeles center team. If you haven’t yet made a #GivingTuesday donation, there’s still time. Click here to … Read more
Photos by Isabel Luevano Currently recovering in a diving bird pool alongside Common Murres and Eared Grebes is this small Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus), shown here in its winter plumage. During breeding season, this small grebe sports red-and-black plumage as well as two yellow “horns” of feather patches from its eyes to the top of … Read more
We’re happy to report that this Elegant Tern covered recently on the blog has been successfully rehabilitated at our San Francisco Bay center. We released the bird Tuesday afternoon in the East Bay near the location of several recent Elegant Tern sightings via eBird. Check out the release video below. Photos by Cheryl Reynolds.
Black Rail, photo by Cheryl Reynolds Last week’s “Patient of the Week” on Facebook garnered a lot of attention from our fans: a Black Rail brought to us with a leg fracture and other injuries consistent with a likely domestic cat attack. After a successful rehabilitation at our San Francisco Bay center, the bird was … Read more
Northern Fulmar, photo by Bill Steinkamp Two bird species in care this week at our Los Angeles center have “northern” in their names — one a seabird, the other a dabbling duck. Resident volunteer photographer Bill Steinkamp photographed both during a recent visit. The Northern Fulmar shown above was admitted cold and weak to our … Read more