Tag: bird strikes
Bird Safe Philly: Helping Migrating Birds on their Journey North
April 18, 2022[caption id="attachment_275001" align="aligncenter" width="500"] A common yellowthroat, one of the many species of migrating birds passing over the city. This one collided with a plate glass window, but happily was only dazed, brought to the Wildlife Clinic, treated, and released-- a conservation success story.[/caption]
It's migration season and millions of birds are right now pouring over the city of Philadelphia on their way to northern nesting grounds. A river of warblers, flycatchers, shorebirds, hummingbirds, thrushes, and more are heading to their ancestral mating grounds.
And Bird Safe Philly, a new partnership, hopes to make their travels safer. Birds colliding with…
Window Strike Season
October 14, 2020[caption id="attachment_271710" align="alignnone" width="768"] A towel, some gloves, and a cardboard box are all you need to help rescue window-strike victims like this black-throated blue warbler.[/caption]
It’s fall migration season- do you have your bird rescue kit ready?
During the summer, if you come across a bird on the ground that can’t fly, it’s often safe to assume that bird is a baby. But during spring and fall migration, birds that are found on the ground that do not fly away are frequently adult migratory birds that have struck a window or become disoriented and are in need of human…
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