News & Stories: Birds
Birds
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Should You Feed Wildlife?
At the Wildlife Medical Clinic, we receive many phone calls from caring members of the community asking if they should be feeding healthy and/or injured…
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How do I Keep Birds from Flying Into Windows?
Sydney Oliveira, WMC Program Coordinator, shows us some easy ways to prevent birds from flying into windows this spring.
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The Rehabilitation of one Lucky, Unlucky Great Horned Owl.
Presentation to the Wildlife Medical Clinic Bright and early on a Sunday morning, a good Samaritan made an over hour long drive to bring an…
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I found an injured animal, now what?
Bringing Wildlife to the Clinic You’ve potentially found an injured wild animal and called the Wildlife Medical Clinic (WMC) to discuss what you should do.…
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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza and Pets
Check out the College of Veterinary Medicine’s blog post below. Dr. Lewis, Director of the Wildlife Medical Clinic, discusses highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and…
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2024 Year in Review
Happy New Year! Wildlife Medical Clinic has successfully closed our 2024 chapter and opened our door to 2025. We are grateful for the support from…
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Red-Tailed Hawk Case
Juvenile red-tailed hawk 24-2042 arrived on September 14 with an ulnar (wing) fracture and ocular (eye) trauma. We provided pain relief medications, topical eye drops,…
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Taking Time to Digest
Arrival of Red-Tailed Hawk 24-2154 While the patients presenting to the Wildlife Medical Clinic are typically injured or ill in some shape or form, we…
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Eye-Opening Insights: A Barred Owl Case Update
Barred owl Information The barred owl (Strix varia) is a larger owl species found in North America. They are part of the family Strigidae, known…
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The Journey Back to the Wild
Great Horned Owl, Bubo virginianus The great horned owl, Bubo virginianus, is found across the majority of North America. Here in Illinois, they are found…
