Eight Brown Pelicans returned to the wild this afternoon! Seven first-year birds and one adult flew strongly in calm winds. Six of these patients were rescued down weak and underweight, and two were fishing hook and line entanglements. Glad to get them rehabilitated and released! www.keywestwildlifecenter.org
This White-crowned Pigeon was just rescued down at the Key West Police Department. We were able to make the rescue, and the native bird is recovering in our clinic now. Thanks to callers from the Property Department for reporting wildlife in distress! www.keywestwildlifecenter.org
The Black Skimmer rescued down, unable to stand, at Mallory Square on 3/13 has made great progress in rehabilitation. The patient took a short first flight this afternoon in our reconditioning aviary. We look forward to returning this bird to the wild as soon as possible! www.keywestwildlifecenter.org
This Common Gallinule was rescued after the bird was struck by a golf ball at Key West Golf Club. Thanks to the golfers that made the rescue and got the bird to the clubhouse so we could get the patient into care. www.keywestwildlifecenter.org
This weak and underweight first-year Brown Pelican was rescued standing on 5th Street, Stock Island, this afternoon. The Pelican is being treated for dehydration and emaciation in our clinic. The patient has been administered fluids and is responding well to treatment. www.keywestwildlifecenter.org
Please NEVER feed Brown Pelicans fish carcasses with sharp bones exposed after you fillet them at fish cleaning stations. These kinds of life-threatening pouch tears are the result! Thanks to charterboat “Stella Blue” for making this rescue! We were able to close the pouch wound in our clinic so the patient could eat again. www.keywestwildlifecenter.org
Board Member Ellen works with a Brown Pelican rescued with a pouch tear. These types of wounds can occur from feeding bone-in fish carcasses at cleaning stations. Initially treated with surgical staples, treatment will be followed up as healing progresses. Please follow the law and NEVER feed Pelicans! www.keywestwildlifecenter.org
This Brown Pelican was reported yesterday and we were able to make the rescue at the Turtle Museum this afternoon. We safely removed the fishing hook and monofilament line in our clinic and treated the wound. www.keywestwildlifecenter.org
This Peregrine Falcon was rescued down on Stock Island with possible impact related head trauma. She is recovering in our clinic and working her way towards release. www.keywestwildlifecenter.org
A Laughing Gull rescued down, weak and waterlogged, by residents of NAS Key West Sigsbee Base. The Gull is being treated in our clinic. Thanks to all those looking out for wildlife in distress! www.keywestwildlifecenter.org
Thanks to Fishmonster Key West for making the rescue of this Brown Pelican that was inadvertently hooked this morning. We were able to meet the boat at the dock and get the patient into care. The hook was removed, the wound was treated, and the laceration was closed in our clinic. Thanks so much for bringing this bird in for treatment! www.keywestwildlifecenter.org
This American Kestrel was rescued early this morning down in a backyard on 20th Street with impact related head trauma. The smallest member of the falcon family, the patient is recovering in our clininic now. www.keywestwildlifecenter.org
Thanks to Danger Charters for making the rescue of this Royal Tern down in the water. The weak and waterlogged Tern is being treated in our clinic now. www.keywestwildlifecenter.org
This Black Skimmer was rescued down in the water at Mallory Square. The patient is recovering from impact related head trauma in our clinic this afternoon. www.keywestwildlifecenter.org
Just rescued this Mourning Dove that had become trapped inside Bella Laine Art Gallery on the 1100 block of Duval. We were able to carefully make the rescue, and the native Dove has been safely released. www.keywestwildlifecenter.org