Photos by Paul Berry Last week, this Leach’s Storm Petrel was brought to International Bird Rescue’s Los Angeles center by a crewmember of a container ship that arrived at the Port of Los Angeles from Alaska. Apparently, the crew found the little bird shaking and unable to move on the floor of the ship, so … Read more
Photo by Michelle Bellizzi A Green Heron from International Bird Rescue’s San Francisco Bay center, released on the Fourth of July!
A very Happy Fourth of July to all our bird blog readers! As you get ready for BBQs and fireworks displays today, we wanted to share a heartwarming story from our Los Angeles wildlife care center team: Photo by Jennifer Gummerman This mother duck arrived on Monday at our L.A. center with her 10 … Read more
Photo by Cheryl Reynolds This week, both of our California centers have cared for several Great Blue Herons, the largest and most majestic of the heron species we see at International Bird Rescue. The heron you see above is one of our more recent patients and was successfully released just a few days ago at … Read more
Tern photos by Bill Steinkamp At last count, our wildlife centers are caring for well over 200 birds, from Pied-billed Grebes to a young American Avocet now learning to master catching live feeder fish. Here are two beautiful releases our staff and volunteers photographed earlier this week. According to Audubon, Elegant Terns were historically only seasonal … Read more
The Ruddy Duck you see in the background of the photo above was brought to California Wildlife Center in Malibu late last month with a laceration on the right ventral wing. A few days after its wound was cleaned and sutured, the bird was transferred to International Bird Rescue’s Los Angeles center to receive continued … Read more
Photo by Andreas Christensen via The Bird Rescue Center Thanks to everyone who attended Thursday’s heron and egret release at Laguna de Santa Rosa! Here’s some great shots of the release from three different lenses. Via Sean Scully of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat: For Isabel Luevano, rehabilitating lost and injured baby birds is a … Read more
Snowy Egret, photo by Isabel Luevano Love egrets? Love herons? Live in the Bay Area? If so, join us for a great release in Santa Rosa on Thursday morning! Here’s the deal: More than 20 young egrets and herons, many of which had fallen from their nests at Santa Rosa’s well-known Ninth Street colony, are … Read more
Photo by Cheryl Reynolds This male Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) was recently sent to us from a rehabilitation group in Arizona that was unfamiliar with the species and lacked appropriate water caging. “The bird was found to have a fractured clavicle, a wound on its wing and foot lesions,” says Michelle Bellizzi, center manager of … Read more
During this past winter, a number of California Brown Pelicans were reported to have traveled well north of their usual habitat – British Columbia, to be exact. Several of these birds settled in Victoria’s inner harbour, and three were found to have parasites, frostbite, and in the case of one pelican, wounds that may have … Read more