New England Wildlife Centers

🚨Rare Patient Alert 🚨 Black crowned night h $🚨Rare Patient Alert 🚨 Black crowned night herons are not a rare species in the sense of population size, but we don’t commonly get them as patients in the hospital. They are actually one of the most widespread heron in the world. They can live in both fresh and salt water wetlands. As their name implies they like to do most of the hunting at dusk and into the night so they don’t have to compete with other species of herons. This Black crowned night heron was brought over by Bourne Department of Natural Resources after a Good Samaritan noticed the bird lethargic with minimal response when approached. On admission our veterinary team found it to be moderately dehydrated and quite thin. There was an area of thickened scar tissue over one of this legs but no evidence of any fresh wounds or fractures. We administered fluids for rehydration, an anti-inflammatory for possible head trauma, and nutritional support. We’ll be monitoring closely over the next 48 hours to see how he responds to treatment. Please send healing thoughts his way! #blackcrownednightheron #heronsofinstagram #newenglandwildlife #birdsofnewengland #wildliferehab #wildlifemedicine #avianmedicine$

This red-tailed hawk is flying high again with not $This red-tailed hawk is flying high again with not just a second, but third chance at life. He was brought in by a Good Samaritan after he was found on the side of the road stunned. We suspect he most likely collided with a car and was suffering from head trauma. When our veterinary team took x-rays to check for any fractures we fortunately did not find any however, we did discover that at some point in his life he had been shot! We did not find any open wounds so we suspect it was an old occurrence. The bullet was lodged in his skin and not interfering with any major organs so our team decided to leave it in place. We administered meds to treat his head trauma and monitored his improvement. Before long he was active enough to be placed in an outdoor enclosure where we could monitor his movements better. After about a week flying around out there he was back to full strength and ready to go and he took to the sky in no time. We are happy we were able to help him dodge at least dodge this “bullet”. #redtailedhawk #hawks #hawksofinstagram #birdsofprey #wildlife #wildlifemedicine #wildliferehabilitation$

Squirrel proof… not so much Just before closing

This Double Crested Cormorant is back on the high

Looks like someone forgot to fly the cuckoos nest…

This yellow-billed cuckoo was admitted this afternoon after it was found grounded with blood in its mouth. We suspect it was likely a victim of today’s high winds and crash landed.

Cuckoos are infrequent, but not uncommon Summer residents here in the Commonwealth. However, they have usually migrated by this time. It would appear this individual delayed his travel plans a bit and was caught in this most recent bout of bad weather. He is currently on oxygen in our clinic as our staff works to stabilize him. We are hoping to turn his health around quickly so that he is strong enough to make it to his southern destination before the weather gets any colder.

We’ll keep you posted on his status, keep your fingers (and wings) crossed for his recovery!
#cuckoosnest #birdsofinstagram #flysouth #wildliferescue

NIGHT OF A THOUSAND FACES IS ALMOST HERE! ITS A SP

Good news friends! After a long and messy stint in

These young foxes are high stepping to freedom aft

The journey continues for these herring gulls that

That washing process has begun! Our first batch

Test Wash 🫧🎵 We recoeved 37 seagulls covere

This fry-day evening we received another 14 herrin

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