Hand-Rearing Birds E-Book

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• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 1769

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2020

Beschreibung

This book presents a detailed guide to hand-rearing techniques for raising young birds, providing complete coverage of a wide variety of avian species and taxonomic groups for all avian care professionals. Chapters are written by expert rehabilitation, aviculture, and zoo professionals, and include useful references and bibliographies for further reading and research. Each chapter provides valuable information on appropriate intervention, housing, feeding, and care. Hand-Rearing Birds, Second Edition presents 50 chapters, including 12 new chapters on species or groups of species not featured in the previous edition. It also features color photographs that help illustrate many concepts pertinent to birds. This important reference: * Offers a detailed guide to hand-rearing techniques including species-specific guides to caring for and raising young birds * Covers a wide variety of avian species and taxonomic groups * Discusses how to examine a chick to identify problems such as hypothermia, dehydration, injuries, and common diseases, and what to do * Combines information on the science and skill needed to successfully hand-rear birds * Presents full-color photographs throughout Hand-Rearing Birds, Second Edition is an essential resource for avian rehabilitators, breeders, veterinarians, and zoo staff.

Leseprobe

Hand‐Rearing Birds

Second Edition

Edited by

Rebecca S. Duerr

International Bird Rescue

San Francisco and Los Angeles, CA, USA

Laurie J. Gage

Zoo and Wildlife Veterinary Consultant

Napa, CA, USA

This edition first published 2020© 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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Library of Congress Cataloging‐in‐Publication Data

Names: Duerr, Rebecca S., editor. | Gage, Laurie J., editor.Title: Hand‐rearing birds / edited by Rebecca S. Duerr, Laurie J. Gage.Description: Second edition. | Hoboken : Wiley‐Blackwell, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references and index.Identifiers: LCCN 2019039396 (print) | LCCN 2019039397 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119167754 (hardback) | ISBN 9781119167778 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119167785 (epub)Subjects: LCSH: Cage birds. | Captive wild birds.Classification: LCC SF461 .G33 2020 (print) | LCC SF461 (ebook) | DDC 636.6/8–dc23LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019039396LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019039397

Cover Design: WileyCover Images: Bird’s egg Dale A Smith, Four small birds VeronicaBowers, Native Songbird Care & Conservation, Different birds imagePhoto credit – International Bird Rescue, Sleeping birds Photo credit – Guthrum Purdin

Notes on Contributors

Yaritza Acosta graduated from Lees‐McRae College in 2012 with a Bachelor's Degree in Biology and a minor in wildlife rehabilitation. While studying there she was introduced to the Blue Ridge Wildlife Institute, where she learned most of her wildlife rehabilitation skills. After graduation, she relocated to Miami, FL and started volunteering at Pelican Harbor Seabird Station. She was brought on as staff four months later and has held a variety of positions since then. In April of 2013 she became a full‐time staff member and is currently the Rehabilitation Manager for Pelican Harbor Seabird Station.

Tracy Anderson was the Program Coordinator for Save Our Shearwaters 2011–2019. She completed a BS in Biology and Geography at the University of Victoria and has worked in wildlife rehabilitation for over 20 years, in 3 countries: Canada, United States, and Belize. Previous positions included work at Mountainaire Avian Rescue in Courtenay, BC and British Columbia SPCA's WildARC in Victoria, BC. Tracy obtained seabird and waterbird‐specific training at International Bird Rescue in California and then spent a year in Belize working with Central American species, such as parrots and toucans. She has also worked with endangered Eastern Loggerhead Shrikes. Tracy has been involved with banding passerines (songbirds) and owls and has served on the boards of several natural history and wildlife‐related organizations.

Nancy Barbachano has been a wild bird rehabilitator for over 20 years. She volunteers with Gold Country Wildlife Rescue and Wildlife Care Association in California. She has served as Secretary for the Board of Directors of the California Council for Wildlife Rehabilitators. Nancy specializes in woodpeckers, hummingbirds, and songbirds. She has worked with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology since 2007 to determine whether or not Acorn Woodpecker babies can be released back into the wild into an existing colony. She also teaches various rehabilitation classes about bird rehabilitation locally, statewide, and nationwide.

Michelle Bellizzi has served in a variety of critical roles over the span of her 20‐year career at International Bird Rescue. She served as the Manager of the San Francisco Bay‐Delta Wildlife Center between 2003 and 2015 where she oversaw the care of approximately 3000 patients per year. While managing the rehabilitation program, she supervised the hand‐rearing, re‐nesting, and fostering of shorebirds, gulls, cormorants, alcids, ducklings, herons, and egrets. She has also responded to more than 30 oil spills around the globe, from Alaska to Argentina. Between her rehabilitation and response work, she has had the opportunity to work with a wide variety of species, ranging from pelagic seabirds, penguins, and terrestrial birds, as well as oiled beaver, muskrats, snakes, turtles, and a variety of amphibians.

Veronica Bowers has been working exclusively with passerines since 1999. She is director and founder of Native Songbird Care and Conservation (NSCC), located in Sebastopol, California. NSCC is a state and federally permitted wildlife rehabilitation facility and cares for approximately 1000 songbirds each year. Veronica teaches songbird rehabilitation workshops and species‐specific classes to rehabilitators throughout North America. During the winter, she can be found in Central and South America birding and studying migratory songbirds in the field. Her favorite bird is the Cliff Swallow, but all other insectivorous and migratory passerines run a very close second.

Andrew Bowkett started his career studying enrichment and visitor effects in primates as a student at Paignton Zoo in Devon, England. He subsequently switched focus to field‐based conservation and research projects overseas, including working hands‐on with endangered birds in Mauritius and a PhD on Tanzanian duikers. He currently coordinates conservation projects in sub‐Saharan Africa and southeast Asia, and supervises zoo‐based research on birds, reptiles, and amphibians back at Paignton Zoo. Andrew holds honorary teaching and research positions at the Universities of Plymouth and Exeter, is a member of the IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group, and chairs the Field Conservation Committee of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums.

Nikki Buxton is a founder‐Director of Belize Bird Rescue (BBR). The facility was created in 2004, and BBR has been working with the Belize Forest Department since then to reduce or eliminate the illegal trade in wild‐caught parrots. BBR has developed an innovative rehabilitation program for former‐captive and hand‐reared wild parrots with documented results addressing inappropriate diet, husbandry‐related conditions, and adverse behaviors through careful flock‐building, enclosure management, and nutrition. Parrots soft‐released following rehabilitation at BBR are documented thriving and breeding in the wild. BBR also hand‐rears endangered Yellow‐headed Amazon chicks, releasing over 100 back into the wild since the program began in 2014.

Laurie Conrad