American Woodcock With his long thin beak and short fluffy body, he looked more like a character from a Dr. Seuss book...
Ruddy Duck He bites like a tiger, hisses like a snake, and even managed to survive getting attacked by a dog. That’s...
Common Grackle It was a pretty bad prognosis: a broken wing, an eye injury, and a cough that suggested a respiratory problem...
Northern Flicker While we send along best wishes for every bird that we release back to the wild, it’s rare that one...
Eastern Screech Owl Looks like humans aren’t the only animals working off the holidays. On February 18, this little Eastern Screech Owl was...
Great Horned Owl “Ernestine” was rescued from Woodlawn Cemetery in the summer. She is a second-year female Great Horned Owl. The Great Horned...
American Robin Joan never imagined that a walk through the Upper East Side would lead her to The Wild Bird Fund with...
Red-tailed Hawk There’s not much that a red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) needs to fear. At the top of the food chain, the...
Opposum Most people would probably run the other way if they heard a strange noise coming from a dumpster. But we...
Eastern Grey Squirrel We’ll never know what happened: Had she strayed onto some burning embers? Sniffed out a barbecue pit? Wandered into a...
Brant Goose You don’t often hear of someone spending their winters in New York because its warm, but that’s exactly what this...
Peregrine Falcon Getting up close to a peregrine falcon, the fastest bird in the world is a unique thrill, but the most...
