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...
Opposum Most people would probably run the other way if they heard a strange noise coming from a dumpster. But 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...
Double-Crested Cormorant A modern glass building surrounded by manicured lawns and a grove of trees may sound beautiful, but it is deadly...
Eastern Grey Squirrel We’ll never know what happened: Had she strayed onto some burning embers? Sniffed out a barbecue pit? Wandered into a...
Eastern Screech Owl Looks like humans aren’t the only animals working off the holidays. On February 18, this little Eastern Screech Owl was...
Common Grackle It was a pretty bad prognosis: a broken wing, an eye injury, and a cough that suggested a respiratory problem...
Great Egret There were no broken bones, yet he couldn’t fly. He was eating on his own, yet he wasn’t gaining any...
Brant Goose You don’t often hear of someone spending their winters in New York because its warm, but that’s exactly what this...
American Woodcock With his long thin beak and short fluffy body, he looked more like a character from a Dr. Seuss book...
