On Tuesday, two of our San Francisco Bay Area wildlife care center staffers, Isabel Luevano and Cheryl Reynolds, were dispatched for a rescue effort involving two Western Gulls tangled together in fishing line. Here, Luevano recounts the successful capture of the birds with the fantastic help of the U.S. Coast Guard. Photos by Cheryl Reynolds. … Read more
Photo by Cheryl Reynolds (inset photo of grebe being treated for fish hook injuries by Isabel Luevano) A few weeks ago, we posted about a Western Grebe brought to our San Francisco Bay Area wildlife center with hook injuries in her back, leg and mouth. As you can see from the photo above, we’re happy … Read more
Bufflehead photos by Cheryl Reynolds Last week, we posted about this beautiful male Bufflehead found grounded by a storm on a San Francisco street. After treatment at our San Francisco Bay Area center, this bird is back to health and was released Monday at Berkeley Marina. Want to learn more about North America’s smallest diving … Read more
White Pelican release, all images by Mike Stensvold © 2012 Mike Stensvold sent us these fantastic shots of Saturday’s White Pelican release at Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve. Boy Scouts from Troop #1149 of the Orange County Council were also on hand to help give these magnificent animals a send-off back into the wild! © 2012 … Read more
Dear Friends, I’ll never forget the first time I tube-fed a wild bird. It was a Western Grebe — big and beautiful with fierce red eyes, but oiled, sick, very noisy and not exactly happy to see me. I was a fairly new volunteer at International Bird Rescue’s care center in Los Angeles. Staring down … Read more
An American White Pelican takes flight after weeks of rehabilitation at International Bird Rescue. Photos by James Hanlon, © 2012. Happy Monday to all our loyal blog fans! As we announced on Friday, our wonderful staff and volunteers at our San Pedro center have been caring for an American White Pelican rescued several weeks ago, … Read more
Photos of American White Pelican at our Los Angeles center by Bill Steinkamp As we noted yesterday on our latest count of birds in care at our centers, International Bird Rescue’s Los Angeles wildlife care center currently has two American White Pelicans. One of these birds was found in distress with its leg and wing … Read more
Last week, we reported on this blog about a number of animals found on Alaska’s St. Lawrence Island contaminated by oil from an unknown origin. The source of this mystery oil has yet to be identified, according to news reports. But we’ve been at the ready to receive any oiled wildlife should more be found … Read more
This adult Brown Pelican came to us with multiple fish hooks stuck in its jaw and wing. It made an amazing recovery. We are continually amazed by the sheer resilience of birds — animals often harmed by human causes, and therefore in need of human care. Record-setting numbers of birds needing care in 2012 has … Read more
On October 1, young adult Brown Pelican 12-1473 was brought to our Los Angeles facility by Redondo Beach Animal Control with a large, multi-hooked piece of fishing tackle attaching the right side of her head to her right wing. Once our staff freed her from the hooks, it was readily apparent that her wounds were … Read more