This Barn Owl hatchling made its debut this week at International Bird Rescue! On April 11, two Barn Owl eggs were delivered to International Bird Rescue from the Lindsay Wildlife Museum in Walnut Creek. Both eggs were placed in IBR’s state-of-the-art egg incubator. And then … we waited. On the afternoon of April 18, one … Read more
This Great Egret (Ardea alba) was treated for multiple wing fracture and a leg wound in spring 2013. Here, Los Angeles center manager Julie Skoglund releases the bird. Video by Dr. Rebecca Duerr.
In these trying times, an image of simple compassion and care can have a profound effect on the viewer. Here’s one that recently moved us: This past weekend, International Bird Rescue rehabilitation technician Kelly Berry released five Common Murres at the Malibu Pier. If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know that our … Read more
East Bay Regional Park District supervising naturalist and KQED QUEST contributor Sharol Nelson-Embry recently wrote a blog post on this Common Loon, found wrapped in fishing line by park visitor Martha Ashton-Sikora. Upon transfer to International Bird Rescue’s San Francisco Bay center, X-rays later showed this bird had also swallowed a hook (both are common … Read more
As you may have read recently on this blog, our Los Angeles center has had a busy season with oiled Common Murres — medium-sized seabirds that nest on rocky cliffs. Natural oil seepage off the Santa Barbara coast is to blame; because these oiled birds are affected by natural causes rather than a human-caused oil … Read more
Double-crested Cormorant photo by IBR intern Sean MacDonald; inset photo © P. Wallerstein, MAR/Friends of Animals. Good news! International Bird Rescue’s Los Angeles center recently received into care this Double-crested Cormorant, found hanging in a tree net in Marina del Rey and rescued by L.A. County Fire Department Station 110. The bird had a drooping wing … Read more
Photos by Cheryl Reynolds A few weeks ago, we wrote about two juvenile Western Gulls who were saved thanks to the fast action of the Vallejo Police, the U.S. Coast Guard and International Bird Rescue staff. The gulls were spotted at the Vallejo Marina entangled together in fishing line, mired in mud and facing a … Read more
This Laysan Albatross was recently evaluated and released by International Bird Rescue’s Los Angeles wildlife care center team. Photos by Paul Berry. “Big birds in big oceans, albatrosses lead big, sprawling lives across space and time, traveling to the limits of seemingly limitless seas,” Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carl Safina wrote in the 2002 classic Eye of … Read more
This Red-tailed Hawk was brought to our San Francisco Bay Area wildlife care center via Solano County Animal Control with a fractured leg (the bird was also dehydrated and emaciated). Our veterinarian, Dr. Rebecca Duerr, splinted the fracture, and the bird was successfully transferred to another facility on Wednesday. Though International Bird Rescue primarily … Read more
The two Western Gulls from last week’s great gull rescue in the low-tide mud flats at Vallejo Marina are doing well and on the mend, our San Francisco Bay Area wildlife care center staff reports. Warmest thanks to the U.S. Coast Guard for their hard work in saving these wonderful birds. Cheryl Reynolds