Our #GivingTuesday campaign is in full swing! With your help we hope to reach our $30,000 goal! Thanks to a pledge from an anonymous donor, the first $10,000 of gifts will be matched, doubling YOUR impact!
Please join us in taking action for the birds this holiday season. Together, we aim to raise $30,000 to support waterbird rescue and rehabilitation at our two California wildlife hospitals. These funds will give second chances to thousands of birds in the coming year.
Like all good hero stories, the journey of Dave Weeshoff from mainframe computers to bird champion began with a single step. His passion for birds began in late 2004, shortly after his retirement from IBM, when he read an article in the Los Angeles Times about an oil spill, and the team of responders who were rehabilitating oiled birds.
Do you love birds and want to support their care? Love to bake, too? You’ve come to the right place! We’ve got a whole volume of bird-inspired recipes to help sweeten these social distancing months for you and your loved ones! Become a Bird Rescue Member now at the $49 level and we will send … Read more
It’s time to Raise the Rookery and help celebrate International Bird Rescue’s 49th year. Baby bird season is already in full swing and you can help! For every $49 donation, we will honor you with an egret perched in our symbolic rookery tree. Your first name and last initial will be noted on your bird(s), … Read more
You have helped us rehabilitate over 4,000 birds each year by supporting our work through donations to Bird Rescue. Thank you for your interest and gifts when you are able to make them — every gift is impactful, from the $5 one-time donation, to time spent by volunteers, to the thousand dollar gift or grant … Read more
Dear Fellow Bird and Nature Lovers, As we celebrate our 45th year of saving birds at International Bird Rescue, we are asking you to help us take advantage of a wonderful offer we’ve received from a generous donor. This person, who wishes to remain anonymous, has pledged to double the first $10,000 worth of donations … Read more
Dear fellow bird lover, After helping raise 1,400 baby birds last year, THIS spring is clearly going to be another busy season! Last week we received a “Duckling Dozen” rescued by a California Highway Patrol officer and our friends at Solano County Animal Services. These 12 ducklings were rescued from the freeway after the mother … Read more
Dear fellow bird lover, Our first baby ducking showed up this week, signaling the start of beautiful and busy spring. It’s already been a busy winter and we cared for hundreds of seabirds affected by the “mystery goo” event in San Francisco Bay. More than 160 of those birds have been cleaned and returned the … Read more
International Bird Rescue would like to thank the Ian Somerhalder Foundation, SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Conservation Fund and the Summerlee Foundation, Annie Lee Roberts Emergency Rescue Fund for their generous funding that helped to rescue and treat the hundreds of birds that were coated in “mystery goo” in the San Francisco Bay Area. The caring … Read more