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Brant Goose

You don’t often hear of someone spending their winters in New York because its warm, but that’s exactly what this...

Ruddy Duck

He bites like a tiger, hisses like a snake, and even managed to survive getting attacked by a dog. That’s...

Eastern Cottontail

First, let’s get this straight: this is not a pet rabbit. Eastern Cottontails (Sylvilagus floridanus) are wild rabbits native to...

Great Horned Owl

“Ernestine” was rescued from Woodlawn Cemetery in the summer. She is a second-year female Great Horned Owl. The Great Horned...

Eastern Grey Squirrel

We’ll never know what happened: Had she strayed onto some burning embers? Sniffed out a barbecue pit? Wandered into a...

Great Egret

There were no broken bones, yet he couldn’t fly. He was eating on his own, yet he wasn’t gaining any...

Opposum

Most people would probably run the other way if they heard a strange noise coming from a dumpster. But we...

Common Grackle

It was a pretty bad prognosis: a broken wing, an eye injury, and a cough that suggested a respiratory problem...

American Robin

Joan never imagined that a walk through the Upper East Side would lead her to The Wild Bird Fund with...

Hermit Thrush

She was so covered in dirt, soot and grime, that when she was brought into the Wild Bird Fun we...

Northern Flicker

While we send along best wishes for every bird that we release back to the wild, it’s rare that one...

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...