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BRC News

News from the Mews – Get updated on the comings and goings of BRC. 

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JANUARY 2024

As we begin the New Year, we want to take a moment to reflect on the year just ended—and to thank all of you for being such amazing partners

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DECEMBER 2023

Every fall migration, The Bird Rescue Center receives dozens of window strike victims, with injuries ranging from central nervous system damage, to broken bones and bruising. For one Fox Sparrow, a window strike meant spinal trauma with partial paralysis of the lower body, soft-tissue injury to the left shoulder, and a two-month stay at The Bird Rescue Center.

BRC in the News

Benefield: Tiny owl takes 60-mile ride from Annapolis to Forestville in bin full of wine grapes

KERRY BENEFIELD

THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

January 10, 2023

A screech owl was discovered in a transport bin filled with syrah grapes that had traveled from a vineyard in Annapolis to the Hartford Family Wines facility in Forestville. 

With Fall Migration, Bird Flu Flies Back Into Town

EMILY ANTHES
THE NEW YORK TIMES
October 12, 2022

Zoos, bird rescue groups and other animal facilities are grappling with a “radically different” outbreak of avian influenza.

Benefield: Bird lovers instituting safety measures in face of avian flu

KERRY BENEFIELD
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
August 3, 2022

Better safe than sorry” precautions could save lives after four cases of avian influenza in wild geese were confirmed in Sonoma County.

News from the Mews

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