Something to Dance About In 2020: Non-Itemizers Can Deduct $300 For Donations
Because of this year’s CARES Act, the IRS is allowing greater deductions from your tax bill.
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Vote for the 2020 Bird Patient of the Year!
Time to cast your vote for your favorite bird patient of 2020. Choose one of six patients.
You Can Make Second Chances Possible On #GivingTuesday
Your donation goes twice as far! Give the gift of second chances on Tuesday, December 1st.
On Giving Tuesday Your Donation Goes Twice As Far
Help us raise $40,000 to support waterbird rescue and rehabilitation at our two California wildlife hospitals.
Photographers in Focus: Vivek Khanzodé
Our latest featured photographer is Vivek Khanzodé from Northern California. His interest in birds and nature blossomed after a trip to Costa Rica in 2009. The Resplendent Quetzal mesmerized him, and since then he has been traveling in the U.S. and the neotropics in Central and South America annually on nature themed vacations to capture … Read more
Spooky Spirits: Bird Faces That Scream Halloween!
This young Double-crested Cormorant is undoubtedly the Bird Rescue patient with the best Halloween scream. Instead of candy, he’s actually hoping to get a big delicious fish to eat, and he won’t stop screaming until he gets one. Caring for these baby birds gets our team in the Halloween spirit as they have to … Read more
Pelican with Repaired Pouch Tear Returns to the Wild
Watch then video of treatment and release After a month in care that included a 4-hour procedure to repair its torn pouch, a healed Brown Pelican was released this week and is back at home in the wild. The adult female pelican was banded with Y54, a special blue-band that helps International Bird Rescue track … Read more
Brown Pelican’s Enormous Pouch Laceration Repaired
VIDEO UPDATE: After a month in care this Brown Pelican was released back to the wild! Remember Pink the Pelican back several years ago and its horrible pouch laceration? Another Brown Pelican patient has suffered an even worse sliced pouch. On August 30, 2020, a mature adult female Brown Pelican was found near the Ventura … Read more
Seabirds in Distress: Penguin Look-alikes Showing Up On Northern California Beaches
A surge of seabirds beaching themselves along Northern California is overwhelming International Bird Rescue’s wildlife center. This summer over 200 sick Common Murres have been rescued and come into care. The birds – which resemble penguins but are more closely related to puffins – need a tremendous amount of care and Bird Rescue is asking … Read more
Great Egrets Released with GPS Trackers To Aid in Waterbird Research
The recent release of Great Egrets raised by International Bird Rescue and outfitted with special Global Positioning System (GPS) trackers will aid in the research of this majestic waterbird species. The GPS backpack was provided and fitted by our friends from Audubon Canyon Ranch (ACR) as part of a study of the movements and migrations … Read more