Read the remarkable story of one plucky duckling that hatched weeks after its mother was struck by a car in Northern California.
Adopt a Duckling
Fresh off the heels of a successful Indiegogo campaign, The Pelican Aviary Project is now underway at our San Francisco Bay center. Check out the progress!
Let's Build It
Three Snowy Egrets and a dozen Black-crowned Night Herons were saved after a rookery tree blew over in high winds at the Port of Los Angeles.
Every Baby Bird Matters
Estonia, Tasmania, South Africa, Argentina: It’s hard to keep track of the 200+ oil spill response efforts we’ve been a part of over the past four decades. So we’ve put it in geographic form.
View the Map
We cannot begin to count the ways we appreciate our volunteers — but we can count the number of ducklings they care for each year! Find out what it's like to volunteer for International Bird Rescue.
Volunteer
This season, International Bird Rescue's Los Angeles center has received dozens of oiled Common Murres — victims of natural seepage off the Southern California coast. With your support, we've given many a second chance.
Watch
Duck food, safety goggles and feather dusters (which double as surrogate parents for our orphaned chicks) are just some of the many supplies our wildlife care centers need. Check out our Amazon.com Wish List for a fun way to give to the birds!
Shop the List
Each of the Brown Pelicans we release back to the wild have numbered plastic blue bands. If you encounter one, please help us track these birds by using our online reporting form.
Your generous donations will help us prepare for the next emergency, purchase food and medicine for each of our patients, and advance cutting edge research efforts in the field of aquatic bird rescue and rehabilitation.
International Bird Rescue provides a hand-picked team of professional emergency managers, wildlife rehabilitators, biologists and veterinarians to manage each aspect of a wildlife response.
We've partnered with Dawn to create new classroom lessons and home activities for more than 2 million students inspired to learn about wildlife. Join us!
 | DonateYour generous donations will help us rescue and rehabilitate thousands birds from around the world. |
 | Visit our Wish ListsOur Amazon.com wish lists has a wide variety of products we depend upon every day. Choose Los Angeles or San Francisco Bay Center wish lists. |
 | VolunteerVolunteer your time to help rehabilitate aquatic birds. |
 | Shop the StoreEvery purchase you make supports International Bird Rescue’s lifesaving work. |
May 24, 2013 International Bird Rescue’s red-banded egretsRed-banded egret photo by Cindy Margulis Herons and egrets are common visitors to our two rehabilitation centers in California. Each year, w [...] |
May 22, 2013 Mother duck dies, but removed egg hatches 26 days laterPhoto by Michelle Bellizzi The story is so rare, so unusual that Jay Holcomb, International Bird Rescue’s director, can’t remember it ever h [...] |
May 22, 2013 New arrival: Common Merganser chickImages and video by Michelle Bellizzi Among the many baby birds now in care at our San Francisco Bay center is this Common Merganser chick. [...] |
 | In the NewsRead recent media reports focusing on our wildlife work |
 | Why Rehabilitate Oiled BirdsEvery bird matters |
 | How Does International Bird Rescue Help Oiled Birds?Learn about the process of helping and releasing birds |
 | Why Retain International Bird RescueLearn what makes International Bird Rescue experts in bird rescue and rehabilitation |
