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Press & Media
We have been covered by many media outlets, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, CBS News, Audubon Magazine, National Geographic and others.
Hope is the (gray and black) thing with feathers
National Geographic: Life and Death in a Bird E.R.
Audubon: Watch a Snowy Owl Recoup From Surgery at a NYC Wildlife Rehab Center
Great Big Story: Inside New York′s Only Bird Rehab Center
Audubon: When you Should - and Should Not - Rescue Baby Birds
The Wall Street Journal: Snowy Owl Makes Unexpected Visit at New York City Jail
NYTimes: An Unusual Jailbird Is Found at Rikers Island: A Snowy Owl
WNYC News: Wayward Snowy Owl Found Stranded on Rikers Island
WBF: Health mallard family released on Migratory Bird Treaty Act′s 100th Birthday
NYTimes: The Elusive City Squab
NY1: Center on Upper West Side Specializes in Treating Wild Birds
WNYC News: She′s Owl Right! Bird Who Hit a Midtown Building Flies Again
National Audubon Society: Deep Dive: Vultures
The Urban Audubon - Rita McMahon: Rehabilitating Injured Birds in New York City
WNYC News: Video: A Safe Place for the City′s Kittens and Wild Birds
NYTimes: Helping a Hurt Pigeon on Columbus Avenue
BBC World Service′s Outlook: Iscolm Flynn Interviews Rita McMahon and the WBF.
BBC World Service’s Outlook: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p058bynt (Interview is 14:38 to 22:45).
Iscolm Flynn interviewed Rita McMahon, staff, and rescuers. Video can also be found here.
Kids for Positive Change: Flying High - Wild Bird Fund Action!
NY Times: Little Willet Learns to Fly
NY Times: An Early Bird Gets Caught in the Snowstorm
FOX5NY: Can Pigeons Read?
NY Times: How To Help An Injured Bird
NY Times: Pigeons May Predict Lead Contamination, Study Finds
New York Magazine: Inside the Avian Clinic That Brings Birds Back From the Brink
New York Post: This Bird Looks And Acts A Lot Like Donald Trump
Wild Hope: For the Birds
NY Times: A Rite to Improve Karma for Man, Creature, and, Now, the Environment
New York Post: Two Birds of Prey Battle in Midair Over NYC Streets
CBSNews: Rooster Rehab Helps Birds Rescued from Cockfighting
Huffington Post: A Gunshot Wound Couldn’t Break This Snowy Owl’s Spirit
6sqft: Spotlight: Rita McMahon Brings Avian New Yorkers Back to Health at the Wild Bird Fund
CBS New York: NYPD, Wild Bird Fund Team Up To Save Pair Of Red-Tailed Hawks
Gothamist: Kayaking Firefighter Saved This Wounded Snow Goose From Certain Doom
The Spirit: A Champion for the City’s Winged Creatures
DNAInfo: Video: Captured Red-Tailed Hawk Released in Central Park
Epoch Times: New York Too Busy to Care? Center Rescues City’s Injured Birds
Wired: A Day in the Life of NYC’s Hospital for Wild Birds
Audubon: A Buddhist Ritual Gets an Ecologically Correct Update
NY Times: After Chicken Is Spotted in Central Park, an Odyssey Begins
CNN World: Pigeons: The ″Wounded Messengers″
Examiner.com: The Wild Bird Fund is New York City′s sanctuary for injured wildlife
CBS New York: Squirrel Squad Members Volunteer To Save Critters In Crisis
CBS New York: 1 Year Later, Wild Bird Fund Sees Plenty Of Wild Birds — And More — On UWS
ILoveTheUpperWestSide.com: Wild Bird Fund Center on the Upper West Side
New York Times: A Place for Healing Broken Wings
New York Times: Rescued Owl Is Getting ‘Cage Rest’
New York Times: In a Shoebox, an Owl and a Mystery
CBS New York: Wild Bird Fund Opens First Ever Wildlife Rehabilitation Center In New York City
NYDailyNews.com: A new wing: Wild Bird Fund opens sanctuary on the Upper West Side
New York Times Blog: A Wildlife Rescue Center for New York City
CBS New York: Volunteers Care For Birds At NYC Wildlife Rehab Center
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