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So glad that baby hawk was rescued and is in good hands :)

Today the hawk ate 5 mice (skinned and chopped). I think he is going to be just fine Once he coughs up a pellet, he graduates to whole mice. She's dropping them in a bowl just like a hack box so he doesn't know she is feeding him. Cool! I just sent a screech owl there tonight, and I took 8 bunnies and a gosling to another rehabber. Its a full house everywhere right now.

I've cut up mice for Scrub Jays and American Bitterns. Didn't have to skin them first, but we excluded heads and bottoms (including the tail). Glad your hawk has a good appetite! Yes, it's a full house in all rehab centers, with baby bird season in full swing.


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I just received an email from IWRC (International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council). US Fish and Wildlife Service sent the short movie clip, which shows the preparations being made for wildlife care at the Oiled Wildlife Intake Centers and in the field:

--> Deepwater Oil Spill

Thursdays I work at Lindsay Wildlife Museum's Hospital. I fed many baby birds today, including two crows (fledglings). There is quite a range of wildlife here, probably everything but marine mammals and big game. I watched a small gopher snake get his meds, via injection under the skin. (Baytril Antibacterial Injectible Solution 2.27%)


baby gopher snake

Beans, I have a fledgling flicker that will not eat. He does not have fully developed tail feathers yet, but he is full size otherwise. He's not gaping, not eating meal worms or anything. Today I had to punt to tubing him with exact + missing link. I'm sure you guys have a few...what do you do with them? I put him on the ground this morning (in a bottomless crate), hoping he would get some ants and grubs, but no go. I also have an injured adult, but it would be too risky to put them together.

I've worked with seabirds for almost three years. I'm just learning songbirds. At Lindsay Wildlife Museum's hospitals, some of the birds are tubed or force fed. I will send an email to a wildlife rehabilitator and ask her about flickers.

Still tubing, but he's very frisky now. I'm trying more meal worms and blueblerries to see if he can get them by himself. He's flying pretty well in my bathroom :) Thanks for asking. Let me know if they have any advice!

Barb, sorry for not getting back to you sooner. Sounds like you're doing everything you can.

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I can't bear to post these pictures of the oiled birds, so if you want to see them go to the link below:

Caught in the Oil

I thought I saw devastation when I was dealing with oiled birds during the Cosco Busan oil spill in San Francisco Bay (November, 2007), but that pales in comparison...

Yes, staff and trained volunteers from IBRRC are still in the Gulf.

I'm off for a few days of vacation.

I agree with you wholeheartedly. Deal with the oil magets all the time her in Alberta. I am frankly tired of all theri BS

And it's heart-breaking to watch these oiled birds struggle so hard to live....

I can't watch the news anymore either...its just too sad. There is a wait list of volunteers, but they have enough locally supporting Tri-State and Beans' group to manage the situation.

sgb, the flicker was in an aviary the next day, and up and away the day after. The hawk unfortunately keep going up and down, and more parasites to fight, until his little body couldn't take it anymore.

A few weeks ago, a young coyote was found stuck in a canal in Antioch. He was only about three and a half months old and was separated from his family. Contra Costa Animal Services rescued the young coyote and then brought him to the Lindsay Museum wildlife hospital.

The initial exam showed that the coyote was mildly dehydrated, had ticks in each of his ears, but was otherwise in good shape. Staff gave him fluids for the dehydration, removed the ticks and cleaned his ears.

The next morning, the coyote had eaten all the mice and rats that staff had placed in his kennel and he was deemed a fit candidate to reunite with his family. Staff connected with the coyote's original finder who located the area where he had seen the adult female coyote.

The young coyote was placed by a nearby tree, and soon he jumped up and started running. A few minutes later, staff saw him duck down into a den. He was safely home.

I saw him the day he came in. He was asleep, curled up in his cage with a soft blanket. Sheets are draped over the front of the cages, and I got a little peek

Oh what a great ending to a wonderful story sure was nice the finder knew right where to go to get back home

What a sweet story, beans.