Friends, We appreciate all the support of the community over the past several days regarding the incident at a heron rookery in Oakland, CA, and we understand the outrage that many are feeling. International Bird Rescue (IBR) wants everyone to know that the proprietor of the tree-trimming business has committed to funding the care of … Read more
Some of the young Black-crowned Night-Herons rescued from the incident. Photo by Isabel Luevano A grisly scene emerged out of the San Francisco Bay Area when tree trimmers in Oakland recently were allegedly caught feeding downed branches full of Black-crowned Night-Heron nests and chicks directly into a woodchipper. The San Francisco Chronicle reports: Officials at … Read more
Photos by Cheryl Reynolds How many baby birds do we have in care right now? A lot. For instance: By last count at International Bird Rescue’s San Francisco Bay center, our team was caring for over 70 Mallard Ducklings, as well as baby Black-crowned Night Herons, Green Herons and mergansers. And the numbers continue to … Read more
With the arrival of the year’s first ducklings, baby bird season is upon us again, and we need your help. Landscaped yards, road medians and industrial landscaping have replaced many natural nesting areas for waterfowl. After their eggs hatch, ducks and geese walk their young to the water facing man-made obstacles such as storm drains, … Read more
Photos by Cheryl Reynolds Over the past week, both International Bird Rescue’s wildlife centers in California received orphaned baby birds. Our Los Angeles center is caring for four orphaned ducklings, while our San Francisco Bay center has Canada goslings, Mallard ducklings and a Green Heron, shown above being fed via puppet surrogate. This patient was … Read more
Photo by Isabel Luevano Our first orphaned baby bird of the year has arrived. (Update: And we now have this bird on our live BirdCam.) Among the patients in care at our San Francisco Bay center is this Canada Gosling, found injured at Heather Farm Park in Walnut Creek, CA and transferred to us from … Read more
Photo by Cheryl Reynolds New arrivals at our San Francisco Bay center: these gull chicks, shown above at feeding time via puppet feeder. The feather duster shown below acts as a surrogate parent. Photo by Michelle Bellizzi Photos by Cheryl Reynolds
A very Happy Fourth of July to all our bird blog readers! As you get ready for BBQs and fireworks displays today, we wanted to share a heartwarming story from our Los Angeles wildlife care center team: Photo by Jennifer Gummerman This mother duck arrived on Monday at our L.A. center with her 10 … Read more
Photos by Bill Steinkamp As one of our Facebook fans recently put it, “You wouldn’t think such a plain adult would come from such a psychedelic chick.” While American Coot adults have gray/black bodies and white bills, their chicks by contrast have a rebellious streak, including this bird in care at our Los Angeles center. … Read more
Video via WildCare One of our favorite bird stories this month is of an American Kestrel named Kele, shown above fulfilling his “foster dad” duties with a baby kestrel at WildCare in San Rafael. Two years ago, Kele originally came to International Bird Rescue’s San Francisco Bay center via members of the public who had … Read more