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Suzie Gilbert is a wildlife rehabilitator in the Hudson Valley of New York State.  She is also the author of Flyaway: How a Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings, an excellent read that we reviewed and recommended.  To make a long story short, in Flyaway there are several incidents described in which [...]

How does one end up with a Great Blue Heron in one’s bathroom?  Or spending hard-earned cash on medication for a Wild Turkey with a “nasty wet rasp” coming from her chest?  Or chasing an American Goldfinch that refuses to leave a flight cage even though there is nothing wrong with him any more?  Easy, [...]

Last month I was privileged to have been given an ‘insiders’ tour of the International Bird Rescue Research Center, a rehabilitation centre in Fairfield, California which primarily specialises in the care of birds affected by oil spills. I wrote half of what I hoped was a glowing report (I certainly felt ‘glowing’ after my visit) [...]

Occasionally - and it is occasionally - you get to do something, go somewhere, or meet someone that genuinely inspires, humbles, or excites you. Last week I was privileged (an over-used word, but the right one) to do all three when I was given a special ‘insiders’ tour of the International Bird Rescue Research Center [...]

I received the following question from a reader, but have little expertise in the area of bird rehabilitation. I’m hoping that some of you might be able to answer this question:
I was wondering about the little house wren I rescued from my cats this morning. He wasn’t hurt, I heard his parents raising hell before [...]