Category: Wild Bird & Wildlife - Page 4

andean_condor-600

Learning About Condors & Vultures

Andean Condor (above)

I watch a lot of old Westerns and you can always count on the scene where the vultures are circling above the guy that was left in the desert to die just before being rescued (sometimes).

I’d like to point out some of the benefits vulture ownership can offer (should you wish to commit a felony). If you have a home on a sizable property -1 acre, 5 acres, 10 acres – a vulture flock will keep it free of any and all debris/vermin/rodents/dead cats. Vultures are nature’s janitors.

(more…)

At Last, The Secret To How Do Birds Stay Alive During Winter Is Revealed

Quora is a cool place for content. Unfortunately, there are a lot of amateurs answering questions with some, well, wrong answers. This particular question ran off the rails quite early.

With 10,400 (plus or minus) species of birds, the question is rather vague. Parrots a.k.a. hookbills, parakeets, and conures all generally reside in temperate climates. One exception we know quite well here in Chicago is the Monk parakeet or Quaker parrot.

(more…)

braun-conure-constance-600

Scientists Fundraise for Conures

Mitch Rezman
November 7, 2016
Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Rescue / Species Specific / The Traveling Bird / Wild Bird & Wildlife
0 Comments

Did you know the sun conure may be facing extinction in the wild, and you can help? There is a real need for more surveys to establish their status in nature. The 2014 estimates published on the IUCN database are between 1,000 and 1,499 mature birds. Some of the last known sun conures live in Guyana, a country with a small human population and a lot of forest and savannah grasslands.

The IUCN page mentions that the trade in wild conures is “ongoing” because “due to the ease with which birds can be attracted to bait (e.g. corn) and the large distances they will travel, it is easy to trap all the individuals in an area.” Quoted from Jamie Gilardi.

(more…)

2-quaker-parrots-in-communal-nest

Are Feral Parrots Americans or Immigrants?

Mitch Rezman
June 29, 2016
Bird & Parrot Care / Veterinarian Related / Wild Bird & Wildlife
0 Comments

There’s all this talk of immigration in Congress – something I try not to involve myself in.

Yet I know of feral parrot flocks around the country which I’ll identify shortly.

(more…)

pelican-trying-to-eat-cat-blog.v4-blog

How Are Feral Parrots Surviving Feral Cat Genocide?

Mitch Rezman
May 3, 2016
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Rescue / Wild Bird & Wildlife
0 Comments

I’ll let this sink in – I call it “sanity” A follow up to:

Debunking the myth of feral cats devastating US songbird populations

3,700,000,000 birds (feral cats *by themselves* through simple math are killing an estimated 1.4-3.7 billion birds per year… )

(If you accept statistics with a plus or minus 110% statistical accuracy)

1 year = 8,760 hours = 422,374 birds being eaten by feral cats every hour 24/7

8,447 birds being eaten by a feral cat in each of the 50 states every hour 24/7

(more…)

Debunking the Myth of Feral Cats Devastating Us Songbird Populations

This post was updated 2/23/2024 with comments from a cat “industry expert” below

We try to stay true to our philosophy and vision about the care of exotic birds but because we love birds we’re always trying to learn a little more. Most of you reading this have birds. (more…)

mitch-falcon

What Bird Flies Across Two Continents in Two Days – Nonstop?

From my exposure to falconry, I learned Peregrine Falcons can attain speeds of 300 miles an hour or more while in a dive pursuing prey. But what about getting from point a to b? How fast & long can a bird really fly before needing to land?

(more…)

bald-eagle-flight

Should this Eagle Fly Free?

Since beginning to work with raptors we’ve been posting images of all birds of prey. The image above evoked some interesting responses on our Facebook fan page today. I thought I’d share the thread on our blog.

Johanna Nydén, Amy K Hays, Noelle Sellars and 83 others like this.

Freedom Lives These birds shouldn’t have “handlers” for crissakes. This bird looks sick! It should be FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! humans are so assuming, its disgusting.

4 hours ago · Like

(more…)