World Bird Sanctuary

The World Bird Sanctuary’s mission is to preserve the earth’s biological diversity and to secure the future of threatened bird species in their natural environments. We work to fulfill that mission through education, captive breeding, field studies and rehabilitation.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Sara and Gomez get weighed...

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It was bi-monthly weigh day at the Education Training Center and I decided to take advantage and shoot some video. As you can see from the ...
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Monday, April 7, 2008

Monday morning haiku...

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Today's haiku by Susan Burchardt celebrates the eagle behind the eagle. Clark is a little younger than Lewis and still learning, but he ...
Sunday, April 6, 2008

Bird's Eye View

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Meet Linus and Cayenne, two of our Green-winged Macaws (Ara chloroptera). These two beautiful parrots came to us from the Milwaukee County Z...
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Saturday, April 5, 2008

Adopt-a-bird spotlight: Ookpik (Snowy Owl)

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Ookpik’s Story Species: Snowy Owl, Nyctea scandiaca Hatched: Unknown Ookpik originally came to the World Bird Sanctuary from the Denver Zoo....
Friday, April 4, 2008

Special guest appearances...

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People aren't the only animals to visit the sanctuary! Lately, we've had a pair of bald eagles hanging around. Our volunteer, Daniel...
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Thursday, April 3, 2008

Adopt-a-bird spotlight: Tundra (Snowy Owl)

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Tundra’s Story Species: Snowy Owl, Nyctea scandiaca Hatched: Unknown Tundra came to us from a rehabilitation facility in upstate New York in...
Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Barn owls: they work hard; they play hard.

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As with humans, play is an important part of an animal's development into adulthood. Our first clutch of barn owls have been busy "...
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Monday, March 31, 2008

Adopt A Bird spotlight: Lewis

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Lewis's Story Species: Bald Eagle Hatched: Spring 2002 Lewis was wild hatched in Washington state. At a very young age he fell out of hi...

Monday morning haiku...

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Today’s poem was inspired by Tema, our sometimes alarmingly intelligent Augur Buzzard. Tema: the happy Captain of the sunshine squad Showcas...
Sunday, March 30, 2008

How they grow…

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Tawny Owl Family Strigidae, Strix aluco Tawny owls are medium sized owls found in Europe and Asia. They prefer to live in woods and open are...
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Saturday, March 29, 2008

Adopt A Bird spotlight: Aspen

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Starting today, I’ll be featuring a bird from our "Adopt-a-bird" program. Each post will include the individual bird’s story and a...
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Friday, March 28, 2008

Molting in Songbirds

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Today's post is written and photographed by our volunteer, Daniel. Thanks Daniel! Molting is a complex procedure that all birds go throu...
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Thursday, March 27, 2008

Who's on eggs...again?

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This video, recorded on March 26, 2008 during a nest box check, shows that our barn owls are at it again! We left some of the babies with At...
Wednesday, March 26, 2008

How they grow...African Pied Crow

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Family Corvidae, Corvus albus This crow is about the same size as our American Crow, but their black and white coloring makes them distinct....
Tuesday, March 25, 2008

More spring cleaning...

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White-naped Raven Family Corvidae, Corvus albicollis At 20 inches tall with a 3 foot wingspan, the white-naped (sometimes known as white-nec...
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