Our Birds

Betsy is a female Brown Pelican who came to us more than 15 years ago. She is 90% blind – her left eye has only slight vision. Why is she blind? We will never know. We suspect she encountered a virus. Until very recently, Betsy served as the Marathon Wi...

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In February 2003, we responded to a call from the Marathon Airport, where a plane on the runway had hit an osprey. Oliver, an adult male, was the victim. The collision had severed the end of his left wing (his “hand”), grounding him forever. N...

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This stunning creature came in to the Wildlife Rescue of Dade County on December 29, 2016. Since the Wildlife Center specializes in small mammals and raptors, they asked us at the MWBC if we would try to rehabilitate it. We gladly accepted, and adopted th...

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