Patient of the Week

Patient of the Week: Red-breasted Merganser

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Our patient of the week is a beautiful Red-breasted Merganser in care at our Los Angeles center! Winter migrants, like this merganser, are flying south for warmer weather and that means we are seeing more of these migrants in care. Mergansers are large diving ducks with long, thin bills that are lined with serrated edges … Read more

Patient of the Week: Heermann’s Gull

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A Heermann’s Gull is resting comfortably this week after our team removed a huge fishing hook that was lodged in the seabird’s stomach. It also had serious wounds at the corners of the mouth from the fishing line causing tissue damage. Bird Rescue’s skillful veterinarian, Dr. Rebecca Duerr, removed the hook at the San Francisco … Read more

Patient of the Week: Black Oystercatcher

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The Black Oystercatcher chick that we raised from a hatchling at our Northern California center has been named Ash (Hebrew for “happy”) by our summer interns Mari, Ioana, Brittany, and Julie. With its new name, Ash has been transferred from San Francisco Bay Center to the Los Angeles Center in preparation for placement soon in … Read more

Patient of the Week: Red-Footed Booby

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We are treating a Red-Footed Booby – a very rare visitor to Southern California – at our Los Angeles Center. The seabird was found September 13th by Redondo Beach Animal Control on the Redondo Beach fishing pier. The officer observed that the bird was not moving. Upon initial exam, the Booby was found to be … Read more

Patient of the Week: Common Loon

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A Common Loon, our patient of the week, was rescued with a fish hook injury and is in care at our San Francisco Bay Center. The Loon was found stranded in Fort Ord near Monterey, CA on May 1st. It was captured by our colleagues at the SPCA for Monterey County. The underweight but alert … Read more

The Release Files: Bonaparte’s Gull

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We recently returned a Bonaparte’s Gull to the wild after this patient was treated in the midst of the “Mystery Goo Response”. This Bonaparte’s Gull was introduced as a Patient of the Week December 6, 2014. The bird was found at Silver Oak Winery in Sonoma County, and arrived with a very large laceration exposing its thigh muscles from hip to mid leg (3 inches long on a … Read more