Release Files: Laysan Albatross Returns To The Wild
Found grounded in Soquel, CA, an Albatross is back in the wild after being released back to Monterey Bay.
Success Stories
Success Stories: White Pelican Back In The Wild After Months in Care
After 143 days in care this resilient American White Pelican is back in the wild. This huge bird came into care in September 2019 and it was finally released last week. He was originally found in Santa Rosa, CA with a smelly, infected, open fracture of the wingtip. It was treated at our San Francisco … Read more
So Many Birds To Celebrate This Year!
Dear Bird Rescue Supporter, As this year comes to an end, we want to remind you that we have a lot to celebrate in 2019! With your support, our accomplishments became yours: • In July our team mobilized as a mission of mercy to rescue nearly 100 baby Herons and Egrets from a fallen tree … Read more
Oldest Known Banded King Eider Found 23 Years After Oil Spill Care
A new bird banding report shows something truly remarkable: the oldest known banded King Eider – a species of sea duck – was a 24-year-old oil spill survivor cared for by International Bird Rescue. This finding proves once again that rehabilitated, formerly-oiled birds can survive many years after treatment and release back to the wild. … Read more
Release of the Week: Snowy Egrets and Black-crowned Night-Herons
With supporters looking on, another group of Snowy Egrets and Black-crowned Night Herons, were released back to the wild last week at Arrowhead Marsh in Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline. Most of the released birds were part of the Oakland Heronry Rescue that began on July 10th after a large ficus tree containing a … Read more
Thank You For Helping Us Reach Our #GivingTuesday Goal!
We reached our Giving Tuesday goal!!! Thank you so much to all of our donors and to Chevron El Segundo and Phillips 66 for their matching gifts. We hit our goal of $30,000 for #GivingTuesday. Your contributions will go a long way toward rescuing waterbirds in crisis over the coming year.
Success Story: Rehabilitated Pelican E17’s Eight Year Journey!
This story spans eight years and crosses international borders – all wrapped up in the journey of International Bird Rescue’s most famous former patient and parent, a California Brown Pelican banded E17 after his rehabilitation in 2010 at our Los Angeles center. E17 created quite a buzz when he was spotted for the third time … Read more
The Release Files: More Brown Pelicans Return to the Wild
On a bright, sunny, morning with the Golden Gate Bridge as a backdrop, seven Brown Pelicans were returned to Northern California waters. The pelicans were nursed back to health after arriving sick and starving at International Bird Rescue’s San Francisco Bay-Delta wildlife center. The release included some older birds that received care for fishing line … Read more
The Release Files: Rescued Young Pelicans Get a Second Chance
A beautiful day for a release! Three rehabilitated Brown Pelicans took to the skies and joined a flock of local pelicans as they returned to the wild Wednesday afternoon. The healthy seabirds were released at Whites Point in San Pedro after a month in Bird Rescue care. The opening paragraph in the Associated Press story … Read more
Blue-banded Brown Pelican M38 Sighted in Breeding Colony off Southern California Coast
It isn’t often that we receive reports of our banded birds on breeding colonies, especially considering the colonies are typically in remote and sometimes, protected areas. However, these locations are commonly monitored by biologists where they track nest locations, chick counts, breeding pairs, etc. Just last summer, we received a blue-banded Brown Pelican sighting report … Read more