The rare Yellow-billed Loon entangled in fishing line that garnered birder and media attention after being rescued in San Pedro, CA, was released Tuesday morning back to the wild.
A rare Yellow-billed Loon is now in care at Bird Rescue’s Los Angeles Wildlife Center after it was discovered entangled in fishing line while swimming around the Cabrillo Beach Pier in San Pedro, CA on Friday, January 19.
The prestigious Patient of the Year award goes to none other than the elegant and resilient Black-crowned Night-Heron!
International Bird Rescue is thrilled to present the nominees for the coveted title of 2023 Patient of the Year – a distinction that symbolizes the triumph of hope and healing in the lives of wildlife.
Los Angeles resident Anne Fishbein did not expect to find a Brown Pelican standing alone in a parking lot at the end of her work day, yet here she was on May 8, 2023 in Culver City, CA.
When young Brown Pelicans are admitted into care, their feet are often covered in sharp thorns, and staff are tasked with removing every single one. It can be tedious but always satisfying.
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.
A recent snow storm blew an American White Pelican off course and into unfamiliar territory: the winter wonderland of South Lake Tahoe, California.
A variety of new bird patients, including lots of Western Grebes, have come into care since January 13, 2023 from the intense California winter storms.
The 2022 Patient of the Year is the Red-tailed Tropicbird! Nicknamed the “Lady Gaga bird” by a TV news reporter, the Tropicbird was a stowaway in March 2022 on a container ship that arrived into the Port of Los Angeles.