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New York City's only wildlife rehabilitation and education center. If you find a bird or small mammal in need, please bring it in. We are open 9-7 daily.
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This has been a deeply sad day for all of us at the Wild Bird Fund. We hoped only to see Flaco hooting wildly from the top of our local water tower, never in the clinic. We are grateful to all who contacted us today and all who helped with his rescue.
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We are deeply sad to report that Flamingo, our sweet pink pigeon, has passed away. Despite our best efforts to reduce the fumes coming off the dye, while keeping him calm and stable, he died in the night. We believe his death was caused by inhaling the toxins.
📷: Alexis Ayala
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Having eyes underneath your face is useful for spying on fish while pretending to be a reed — also for intimidating rehabbers trying to get a peek into your cage.
📷: Rachel Frank
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How sweet is the sight of this mallard having a good meal? This poor bird was spotted a week ago in Prospect Park with a plastic band stuck around her mouth and head. She was alert and active but unable to feed herself.
🎥: Phyllis Tseng
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THIS IS NOT CHIMNEY WE DEMAND YOU TAKE US BACK TO CHIMNEY (Chimney swift fledglings found in a fireplace on City Island after their nest fell, healthy but unimpressed with life outside of chimney.) 🔊
🎥: Phyllis Tseng
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While Flaco the owl was flying free in NYC, consuming meal after meal of the poisoned rats that would contribute to his death, hundreds of wild, native raptors across the city were meeting the same fate.
This is beautiful Boho, an adult red-tailed hawk.🧵
📷: Emily Einhorn
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Good morning to this nestling yellow-crowned night-heron and the exuberance of squiggles currently occupying her head. Hello also to that proto-powerbill and the very large feet keeping her afloat in this strange new world of the exam room.
📽:
@tristanahigg
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Holy super squeaker! Weighing in at an astonishing 9.7 kilos, Li'l Mega is the biggest baby pigeon we've ever admitted to the clinic. She was found on the sidewalk near the remains of a bodega awning, which had reportedly collapsed into splinters under the weight of the nest.
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These are actual creatures who share this planet with us! They are fledgling yellow-crowned night-herons, and we'll give you a moment to admire their exuberant mops and very big feet (and also the amazing retractable neck) before we tell you a sad story.
📷: Rachel Frank
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The kestrel supergroup rehearsals are off to a slow start.🫤
🎥: Phyllis Tseng
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As we always say, fledgling kestrels have a natural gift for posing for album covers. We’re currently auditioning a constant stream of these young kestrels for the latest season of America’s Got Talons, and the competition is fierce.🎸
📷: Phyllis Tseng
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We recently received a large shipment of donated hand towels (thank you!!), and as you can see, we're already putting them to good use making pigeon burritos.
📷: Antonio Sanchez
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Here I am again, standing on a finger looking absolutely fantastic.🕶️
Fledgling mockingbirds are some of our favorite summer visitors. We currently have 3 in the songbird nursery, and the rule holds: taller the crown, deeper the frown.
📷: Phyllis Tseng
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Local lothario Gunther finds love wherever he can around the clinic, and his moves are pretty hard to resist.
📽️: Sara Bucior
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When he arrived yesterday, this little guy was unable to stand and showed signs of having suffered a collision. Today, after oxygen, fluids and other care, he's standing and clacking with extreme pique. So now we can finally say: omg a northern saw-whet owl!🥰
📷: Phyllis Tseng
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Breaking news! A baby dodo has been found alive and well and living in Manhattan, according to researchers writing in the journal Science.
📷: Phyllis Tseng
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If you see a bird stunned in the street or on the sidewalk, please PICK IT UP. Do not leave it there and message us or tweet about it. This scarlet tanager hit a skybridge and was in the middle of a street with her eyes closed. A car came *20 seconds* after she was picked up.
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Esteemed guests! These 3 little porcupines are nestling chimney swifts, brought to us after their nest fell. They cling instead of perch, and before long they'll be almost perpetually on the wing, swooping and tittering while foraging for insects.
📷: Phyllis Tseng
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All downy woodpeckerlings come equipped with Supergrip™️.
📷: Lily Lugo
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A great egret walking down Madison Ave is not a sight you ever want to see, but that’s where this poor bird was found. There were no injuries, but he was emaciated and very weak. We provided fluids and other supportive care but honestly didn’t expect him to survive the first
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A reminder: most fledglings don’t need help. They might be goofy and small, but if they can stand or hop and are covered in feathers, they’re likely fine. Their parents are on the case! A young bird only needs help if it’s partly naked (that’s a nestling), injured or lethargic.
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If coifs could kill...This golden-crowned kinglet deployed his fiery crest in a last-ditch effort to force our surrender. Did we waiver? Reader, we did, but Phyllis bravely finished the exam and confined this 5g terror to a soft carrier for recovery.
📷: Phyllis Tseng
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We applaud
@ladygaga
for boldly representing POTUS (pigeons of the United States) today. 👏🕊️
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And in this corner, weighing in at 7 mighty grams, is the ruby-crowned kinglet. A mere blip of a bird, this tiny tornado is about to take on, in the other corner, reigning champion THE WORLD.
📷: Phyllis Tseng
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We don’t know who needs a baby pigeon right now, but we understand and we are here for you. This is Papillon, Squeaker of the House.
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A serious fracture near the wrist downed this great horned owl on Long Island. We provided emergency care, took X-rays and have stabilized the wing. He's alert and comfortable for now — also, may we say, devastatingly handsome.
📷:
@tristanahigg
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Pointy Muffin Season continues with 2 of the cutest American kestrels we’ve ever seen. This fledgling and a nestling were found separately after Sunday’s storms.
📷: Emily Einhorn
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It’s lunchtime for the fledgling kestrels. Can you tell which of these kids is in the drama club?
🎥: Sara Bucior
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This little seabird is our first-ever Wilson’s storm-petrel! (Many OMGs over here.)
We’d be more excited to see this rare ocean-dwelling visitor if he weren’t in such bad shape. He crash-landed on a boat far off shore, but the crash was likely the result of an illness because
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We’ve seen some tough red-tailed hawks in our day, but this massive girl was in a league of her own. She was in peak body condition right up until she collided with a window on the Upper East Side.
🎥: Luis Ochoa
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Making the best of a bad situation is the forte of our swans, who cozy up in our small pool without complaint while recovering from lead poisoning. The adults, Jillian and Yuzu, met and hit it off at WBF. They left us yesterday for Freedom Farm sanctuary in NJ.
📷: Mayra Bermeo
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Flaco's toxicology report reveals 4 different types of rodenticide + pigeon herpesvirus. He was a very sick bird, in other words, when he collided with a window and fell, or simply fell, suffering traumatic injuries at an UWS apartment building.
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These chatterboxes are nestling barn swallows, found on Staten Island after their nest fell or was removed. We receive very few swallows, and we’re pleased to report that these have been growing and doing well after a week.
🎥:
@KatieFigs
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When you’re all goggled up and ready for a fierce American bittern and instead receive this mini variety, a least bittern…
🎥: Phyllis Tseng
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It's hard to know where to begin with our patients today, the busiest day of the year so far. But here's an Eastern whip-poor-will! Our oddest and most marvelous intake, this nightjar collided with a window in Red Hook and was lucky to be rescued.
📷: Phyllis Tseng
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It's fledgling season. These frizz-topped tweens are hopping around everywhere. Many can't fly yet, but that's normal. If you see one in a dangerous spot, you can gently move it to a safer place very nearby and keep watch from a distance. But don't birdnap! Not sure? Just ask us.
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Our 1000th patient of 2023 is 🥁… a woodcock. Joey’s wearing a bootie on his left foot because of a toe fracture suffered during the window collision that brought him down.
📷:
@tristanahigg
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Imagine being small enough to shout to the world from the top of a broccoli floret.🥦 This fledgling chipping sparrow became trapped in a house with no sign of her family nearby. She needs to be cared for until she’s old enough to survive on her own.
📷: Michelle Talich
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No sooner had Timberdoodle Tuesday dawned than our friend Pawel was blessed with this amazing visitation by a very focused ‘doodler. He was kind enough to share his video with us.
🎥: Pawel Pieluszynski
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This is the weirdest flower you’ll ever see.🌻
These are nestling gray catbirds (a tentative ID) rescued after their nest was disturbed and the parents did not return. Fortunately, they came clearly labeled so we know exactly where to put the food.🔊
🎥:
@KatieFigs
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"Dove releases" sound romantic, but take away the decorations and Instagram photos, and they are the equivalent of dumping your helpless pets on the side of the road. This is no way to celebrate anything.
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The 'Doodle Days are officially here. We're already receiving several American woodcocks a day, all victims of window collisions. If you find one of these robin-sized birds sitting on the sidewalk, it has hit a window and needs your help. Here's what to do:
📷: Marthalie McClean
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We welcomed another owl guest — a juvenile great horned owl who had fallen on very hard times before even getting started in the world. This BIG kid was found in the Bronx, emaciated, dehydrated and very weak.
📷: Emily Einhorn
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Here we were thinking it was just another Thursday when in comes this magnificent mini-muffin, a northern saw-whet owl! She shows symptoms of a window collision but is alert, so we'll see how well she responds to treatment and some nice quiet time. <Squee!>
📷: Phyllis Tseng
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Two days later, this woodcock is responding well to treatment. She suffered minor damage to her beak and eye during the window collision that brought her down, but she’s joined the doodle party in our big tent and is hopefully on the mend.
📷: Chloe Fallon
Can anyone help this injured woodcock? It needs transport to the clinic in a paper bag or box. See location details below.
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This American woodcock was brought in yesterday after colliding with a window on Sixth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, aka Avenue of the Americas, aka Avenue of the American Woodcocks😞.
📷: Phyllis Tseng
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Mourning doves come in size extra smol🥹
Itty was found on the ground as just a hatchling. It’s so difficult to raise a baby this young! But our nursery superstars Eugene and Kaori have worked their magic to help this little one continue to get strong.
📷:
@erikamansourian
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This is just a WOW turnaround for a ring-billed gull who seemed unlikely to pull through 5 days ago, Now she's having a blast trying to decide whether she prefers the dock, the floatie or the pool. It’s a big decision and more testing is needed.
🎥: Emily Einhorn
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This peregrine falcon was lying face down when he arrived earlier today, but he's feeling quite a bit better after fluids and oxygen. His injuries indicate a window collision, so we're providing anti-inflammatory meds and wound care for a wing injury.
📷: Rachel Frank
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This raven came to us 6 weeks ago as a fledgling, with a deep wound near his keel. After a week in our care, the wound was healing well, but he needed more time to recover, and more enrichment and flight practice than we can provide in our small space.
📷: Rachel Frank
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Using a black light, we learned that our saw-whet owl guest is likely a first-year bird, sporting a brand-new set of flight feathers that glow fuchsia under the light. Pigments called porphyrins show up brightly in newer feathers. Glowl!
📽️: Rachel Frank
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Date night for Gomez and Morticia involves some couples foraging in the pigeon room followed by canoodling on their favorite brick. 💕
📷: Jaeli Rose
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It’s that time again! Make sure the young bird you’re helping actually needs help. Fledglings are just out of the nest. They look young and can’t fly well, but they don’t need rescue. Here are some common fledglings that you can let be. Their parents are on the case.
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Hello from the woodcock tent, where we guarantee the most worms per square foot or your money back.
🎥: Lily Lugo
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Every day is a surprising adventure at WBF! Our new puffin guests made themselves right at home in the pool (with apologies to the swan, who was very tolerant) and are seriously depleting our 🐟 supply. Luckily, we foresee a one-day turnaround for these guys.
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Pardon the interruption, but we just needed to show you this teeny turkey, a wild poult found alone on Staten Island. Carry on.
📷: Phyllis Tseng
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Guess which handsome duck got released today. Yes, Alastair mallard, who spent a week with us being treated for lead toxicity. Our boy passed his physical, and he's headed home to resume chatting up the hens. Hope you get lucky, buddy! It was nice meeting you.🦆
📷: Luis Ochoa
Alastair mallard is being treated for lead poisoning and mild head trauma. But nothing stops him from enjoying the pool, doing some dabbling and socializing with the ladeeeez. He doesn’t even mind that they don’t respond. Classic ducksplainer.🦆
🎥: Emily Einhorn
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"Kindly unhand me madam" — Sir Polkadots
📷: Phyllis Tseng
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Meet Maple✨
We had the Cute Baby of the Week competition all sewn up when this tall drink of water waddled in and changed everything.
📷: Phyllis Tseng
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This Northern cardinal is lodging a legitimate complaint, but she was lucky to be rescued after hitting a window. In the crucial moments after a collision, birds can be stepped or preyed on, so we’re happy to have this girl safely with us.
🎥: Phyllis Tseng
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Special guests! Meet two fledgling Eastern screech owls, who arrived at the clinic yesterday thanks to much effort on the part of the Staten Island park rangers.
📷: Rachel Frank
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An absolute tragedy in Chicago today, with more to come. We are heartbroken and outraged that this massacre continues while building owners do nothing in the face of clear data and ample solutions. We send our sorrow and gratitude to all the collision monitors and advocates.
Tragedy unfolding in Chicago: an unprecedented number of window collisions. Photos show nearly 1000 birds salvaged from a SINGLE building along the lakefront this morning, including mostly Tennessee, Palm, Myrtle, and Magnolia Warblers.
At what point does this become a crime?
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The yellow-bellied sapsuckers are arriving en masse, and they have, to put it mildly, a few words of complaint. As frequent victims of window collisions, these dramatic woodpeckers do not receive the welcome they deserve into NYC.
📷: Phyllis Tseng
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This gorgeous adult peregrine falcon arrived at the clinic yesterday alert but unable to stand, having mild seizures. A window collision. After oxygen and fluids, she got to her feet and eventually was able to perch.
📷: Phyllis Tseng
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Welcome to the big bad world, little dude. A day after fledging, this peregrine was found loitering on some cars and brought to the clinic. All seems well, so we’re hoping it will be possible to stage a family reunion.
📷: Rachel Frank
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Leaving the nest can be messy business, as this peregrine fledge learned today when she ended up in the water near Fort Tilden and was fished out by a kayaker. The National Parks police took her from there and an
@NycPlover
volunteer transported her to us!
📷:
@allieri
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Fear the wing slap.
The wing slap IS fear.
The wing slap is not taking any of your BS today.
The wing slap comes like a tiger in the night.
The wing slap leaves like a person who overslept and is late for work.
The wing slap really likes that cute shirt you're wearing.
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Someone’s got their Flocktail Party look all sewn up! Star Anise was born ready for the red carpet, modeling this year’s It Do, the Palompadour.
📷: Claire Juergens
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"I just couldn't leave her there" — former WBF rehabber Ariel Cordova-Rojas, who came upon a sick mute swan while birding on her bike
@jamaicabaywr
. Ariel didn't know that others had reported the swan days before, but volunteers hadn't been able to find her.
📷: Josh Spector
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This fledgling kestrel might look mean but he's actually the sweetest little... nope, he's mean. Very mean! Angry and ready to fight! Talons blazing.
And that's how we like 'em😈
📷: Phyllis Tseng
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Update: After giving our pink guest time to stabilize, our team tried several methods to remove the dye, which we believe is hair dye, with limited success. One problem is that the dye has a strong odor, and we're concerned for the bird's respiratory health.
📷: Alexis Ayala
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One of the challenges of caring for a common nighthawk is that these aerial foragers will not eat on their own. After four days of specialized care by our director Rita, this young bird has become cooperative during waxworm time and opens his big frogmouth!
🎥: Peter Gelfan
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This gorgeous red-bellied woodpecker collided with a window in Inwood and wasn't able to move. We thought we'd lost her when she suffered a massive seizure, but she's suddenly back among us! Let's hope meds and rest will keep her improving.
📷: Phyllis Tseng
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@molly_cusick
This was taken care of yesterday. Two different finders reached out to us, and we asked
@NYCParks
rangers if they would check it out. They kindly responded but found the bat dead. If you encounter a bat in an unsafe spot, please seek help ASAP but don’t touch it with bare hands🙏🏼
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Our initial exam, and information from the scene, indicated that Flaco had collided with a window. Whether there was an underlying cause, such as rodenticide, we don’t yet know. We hope the necropsy performed by the Wildlife Conservation Society will provide more answers.
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Two precious cedar waxwing nestlings, one found in Central Park with a leg fracture and one in a bunch of flowers at a market. After some supportive care and one tiny splint, they’re back to being regular hungry kids whom we hope to see grow up strong and sexy.💛
🎥:
@KatieFigs
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Another happy adoption for 2 of our orphaned goslings! These parents immediately welcomed the newbies and even became defensive protecting them. The whole family grazed together as if they’d known each other for ages. Goose parents are the best parents.🏆
🎥: Emily Einhorn
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Such a sweet face on this juvenile red-tailed hawk, who was rescued in Tompkins Square Park earlier this week (thank you, Ranger Rob and Urban Park Rangers!). He was lethargic and thin, so something’s been off with this one for some time.
📷: Emily Einhorn
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This peregrine falcon has been around the block a few (thousand) times. According to info gleaned from his leg bands, he was born in New Jersey in 2007! An elder statesman of his people with some stories to tell.
📷: Rachel Frank
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This fledgling barn swallow will fight you AND the 🐎 you rode in on.
📷: Phyllis Tseng
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We’re happy to report that 11 of the 12 wedding pigeons abandoned in Brooklyn Bridge Park have been caught! We hope to bring in the rogue 12th bird over the weekend. Huge thanks to everyone who helped,
@Mary_Ruthie_
@jpainz
and especially Jeffery!!
📷:
@jefferyjonesus
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Our nestling barn swallows are getting super excited about Independence Day! Their own, that is. They’re just about ready to hit the skies. Ahem, one in particular.
🎥:
@KatieFigs
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What a survivor! This red-tailed hawk was trapped in a building basement for 2 weeks, apparently without food and likely terrified. When we received the call today, a member of our team was nearby and able to rescue him.
📷: Rachel Frank
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Our homemade hammock is giving much needed relief to this juvenile great black-backed gull with leg paresis, possibly from spinal trauma. This takes pressure off his legs, keel and other parts of the body. And he clearly feels so much more comfortable!
📷: Rachel Frank
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If you ask fledgling blue jays and grackles for their honest opinion on your outfit, make sure you’re prepared for the response.😬
🎥: Suzanne Highland
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This gorgeous yellow-bellied sapsucker sustained an injury to his right eye and a concussion when colliding with a window today. We’re providing anti-inflammatory medication and eye care with hopes of being able to send him back out there soon.
🎥: Phyllis Tseng
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🚨 Please NEVER put sticky traps on trees to catch lanternflies! This practice is DEADLY to birds, bats, squirrels and loads of native insects, while being useless against the spread of lanternflies. This downy woodpecker was lucky only to have lost his tail.
📷: Phyllis Tseng
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“I don’t have anything to put it in.”
“I don’t know anything about birds.”
“I have cats at home.”
“I don’t have a car.”
We’re here to tell you that rescuing a small bird is easy, it requires no special equipment, and your cats never need to know! It will be our secret.
🧵
📷:
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This downy woodpecker is alive and in care, but sadly several other birds were killed by this v. misguided pest control project at BK Army Terminal. Many trees in the area were wrapped with sticky paper in a likely attempt to control spotted lanternflies.
📷: sarahvaleriart
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And just like that...it’s duckling time! We've already got 10 mallard babies in house, all separated from their moms in one way or another. But they’re gaining weight, preening and generally owning the place. Also walking all over their nanny!
📷: Flor Blum
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⭐️Special guest alert!⭐️ We had the immense privilege of caring for this piping plover, a precious, threatened shorebird we rarely see at the clinic. This bird was rescued on the Rockaways with a wing injury. He was emaciated and extremely weak on arrival.
📷: Lily Lugo
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Two kind samaritans rescued this least bittern from a tree pit on 125th Street in Harlem. Based on this location and her injuries, we suspect a window collision. She damaged some feathers and has 2 toe fractures but seems otherwise in good condition.
📷: Rachel Frank
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Our first peregrine of 2023, and what a beauty! Apparently an Uber driver saw this falcon being attacked by a cat, rescued him and dropped him at
@NYCACC
. There are no wounds, but he is emaciated, which might explain why a cat would even dare.
📷:
@tristanahigg
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Just when we thought it was another humdrum day in February, Cupid arrived.
#mandarinduck
📷: Phyllis Tseng
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Keep your chin up, little sapsucker. It's going to be OK.
📷: Phyllis Tseng
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Fledging in the city can be a scary adventure, as this red-tailed hawk fledge from the NYAC nest on Central Park S learned. He got onto a busy sidewalk and was immediately arrested (rescued) by NYPD🚔. He’s fine! We’ll be quickly returning him to his parents.
📷: Phyllis Tseng
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