International Bird Rescue Research Center

As we celebrate our 40th year, International Bird Rescue is excited to debut both a shortened name and a new look that pays homage to our past while firmly planting us in the here and now, and v...

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April 2011 is a big month for us in more ways than one. The 20th will mark not only the one-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, but also International Bird Rescue Research Cente...

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Author Lynda Deniger has brilliantly crafted a factual story about the plight of birds who were oiled, captured, cleaned and rehabilitated by caring humans during the Gulf oil spill. Her book, ...

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Hello everyone, Thursday night was the West Coast premiere of Saving Pelican 895 , the HBO documentary that Director Irene Taylor Brodsky filmed with us in Louisiana last summer during the Deep...

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Hello everyone, There has been a catastrophic oil spill on a remote island in the mid-South Atlantic Ocean that is threatening an entire colony of endangered Northern Rockhopper Penguins. The ...

http://intbirdrescue.blogspot.com/2011/03/atlantic-oil-spill-threatens-rockhopper.html

At the end of January, International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC) reported that nearly 50 oiled birds had been brought in for care after being coated with oil in a natural seep event alon...

http://intbirdrescue.blogspot.com/2011/03/natural-seep-oiled-birds-continue-to.html

Next month HBO's documentary Saving Pelican 895 will debut on cable. Its directed by Oscar nominee and Peabody winner Irene Taylor Brodsky (HBO’s “The Final Inch” and “Hear and Now”). ...

http://intbirdrescue.blogspot.com/2011/03/coming-in-april-hbos-saving-pelican-895.html

Emergency response teams from International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC) and three other wildlife organizations have received national recognition for collaborative care of oiled animals ...

http://intbirdrescue.blogspot.com/2011/03/gulf-spill-working-together-for.html

A male mallard is in recovery this week after the successful removal of BB pellets from his stomach by International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC) staff. The drake arrived in late Januar...

http://intbirdrescue.blogspot.com/2011/02/duck-doing-well-after-treatment-for.html

Nearly 50 oiled birds have been in care this month at International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC) after being coated with oil in a natural seep event along the Southern California coast. ...

http://intbirdrescue.blogspot.com/2011/01/natural-oil-seep-prompts-bird-rescue-in.html

Dear friends, On January 10, 2011, I officially turned the reins of International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC) over to Paul Kelway. He is now the Executive Director of IBRRC, functioning ...

http://intbirdrescue.blogspot.com/2011/01/jay-holcombs-25-years-of-ibrrc.html

Hello everyone, Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Oregon Standard Oil Spill, the massive 800,000 gallon spill that occurred in San Francisco Bay in 1971. The concept of International Bird...

http://intbirdrescue.blogspot.com/2011/01/remembering-1971-san-francisco-bay-oil.html

Dear Friend of IBRRC, Happy 2011 and thank you so much for your support in 2010! Thanks to donors like you, International Bird Rescue Research Center raised enough funds in the last week of De...

http://intbirdrescue.blogspot.com/2011/01/thank-you-for-helping-rescue-birds.html

Dear Friends, Happy New Year! As we usher in 2011, International Bird Rescue Research Center is looking forward to a number of very exciting changes that will allow us to continue growing our bi...

http://intbirdrescue.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-year-new-roles-for-ibrrc-leaders.html

Dear Friend of IBRRC, What does it take to rescue a sick or injured bird? Every year, IBRRC cares for more than 5,000 stricken aquatic birds at our two California rescue centers. We are curre...

http://intbirdrescue.blogspot.com/2010/12/ibrrcs-recipe-for-bird-rescue.html

During these last days of 2010 your gift to IBRRC will go twice as far to help birds. Between now and December 31, 2010 a generous donor has agreed to match all gifts, dollar for dollar, up $15,...

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Dear IBRRC Friend, My name is Karen Sheldon, and I’m a volunteer at IBRRC’s Northern California bird rescue center. From one bird lover to another, I’d like to tell you a little about my ...

http://intbirdrescue.blogspot.com/2010/12/volunteer-why-i-help-birds-for-free-at.html

A rescue team from WildRescue and IBRRC captured another beer can collared gull today in San Francisco. The gull had the can removed from its neck and was released. This is the third bird cap...

http://intbirdrescue.blogspot.com/2010/12/success-another-beer-can-collared-gull.html

Dear friend, Perhaps you have heard this wonderful and apocryphal story before. It is one I have always found especially pertinent to IBRRC's work. > An old man was walking along the b...

http://intbirdrescue.blogspot.com/2010/11/every-bird-matters.html

Dear Friend, As I reflect on our accomplishments in the past year, I want to thank you for making this work possible through your continued support and encouragement. Supporters like you are v...

http://intbirdrescue.blogspot.com/2010/11/year-end-update-just-two-words-thank.html

Join us on Saturday, December 4 from 3 to 8 p.m. at Café Boogaloo, in Southern California for a party to benefit International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC) in San Pedro. The center rehab...

http://intbirdrescue.blogspot.com/2010/11/boogaloo-for-birds-dec-4th-in-hermosa.html

The public is being urged by rescuers to keep an eye out for the remaining beer-can-collared gulls in the San Francisco Bay Area. Recent sightings of the adult and juvenile Western gulls have c...

http://intbirdrescue.blogspot.com/2010/11/publics-help-still-neeeded-to-locate.html

As the search continues for other beer can collared birds in the San Francisco Bay Area, the reward has been raised to $6,100 for the arrest and conviction of the person(s) who collared the gull...

http://intbirdrescue.blogspot.com/2010/11/reward-raised-to-6000-for-info-on.html

After spending nearly 5 months along the Gulf Coast, lead wildlife rescuers will give an eye opening account of their experiences on Saturday afternoon, December 4th in Monterey, CA. Jay Holcom...

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