On Saturday, February 18, International Bird Rescue hosted its first-ever Backyard Bird Count for Kids event in partnership with the Pacific Flyway Center, and with help from our friends at the Solano Land Trust.
This week our bird numbers really jumped. Between our two California wildlife centers, we have 190 hungry waterbird patients –including nearly 150 ducklings and goslings! You can help by support the care of orphaned and injured baby birds by symbolically adopting one today. You will receive a certificate and a photo of an adorable young … Read more
2015 was an unusually big year for International Bird Rescue. We received a record number of injured and sick aquatic birds during all seasons and there was no “slow season” as we have had in previous years. More than 6,000 birds – including those from a mystery goo event, a Santa Barbara oil spill, and … Read more
Photos © Suzi Eszterhas All of our patients this week are deserving of the patient of the week honor, but we thought we would feature some of our youthful additions. See them now on our Bird Cam We have two baby Hooded Mergansers that arrived this week at our San Francisco Bay center. Photographer Suzi Eszterhas … Read more
This juvenile killdeer is currently in care at our San Francisco Bay center. Photo by Cheryl Reynolds. See our latest count of birds in care here.
Common Murres recovering in a pelagic pool, post-wash. Photos by Bill Steinkamp. Rehabilitation technician and volunteer coordinator Neil Uelman shares the latest count of birds in care at our Los Angeles center: 50 Common Murres 9 Brown Pelicans 4 Western Gulls 4 California Gulls 3 Western Grebes 3 Black-crowned Night Herons 1 Bufflehead 1 Black-necked … Read more
Among the birds currently or recently in care is this Common Goldeneye at our San Francisco Bay wildlife care center. Photo by Cheryl Reynolds. And the bird photo-bombing the shot in the background? It’s a male Bufflehead. Check out our most recent bird count at our centers here. We’ve had a few oiled birds come … Read more
A Black-vented Shearwater currently in care at our Los Angeles wildlife care center. Photo by Bill Steinkamp. This week’s full list of birds in care by latest count: San Francisco Bay Area center: 51 Birds in Care (updated January 9, 2013) 16 Brown Pelicans 8 Western Grebes 7 Northern Fulmars 4 Common Murres 3 Horned … Read more
Here are the four most common species in care, by latest count: This week’s full list of birds in care by latest count: International Bird Rescue’s San Francisco Bay Center 82 Birds in Care 32 Brown Pelicans 18 Western Grebes 9 Northern Fulmars 3 Western Gulls 3 Eared Grebes 3 Common Murres 2 Horned Grebes … Read more
Photo by Cheryl Reynolds This week, we’re caring for a dizzying variety of species — including five Northern Fulmars at our San Francisco Bay Area center. Other birds in care include a Bufflehead, a Red-necked Grebe, a Sora, an American White Pelican and two Red-throated Loons in beautiful plumage. A significant number of these birds … Read more