This page will help you reach Dr. Ford or an avian veterinarian closer to you.
Information on how to help an injured or orphaned wild bird.
Wildlife research happens where the wildlife is. Dr. Ford comes to your location and brings everything.
Are you a veterinarian, wildlife rehabilitator, or pet bird owner seeking help with an advanced case? Dr. Ford can help.
Falconry birds are working athletes. Trust their care to a veterinarian with personal experience as a falconer and raptor trainer.
Oil spills and “bird wrecks” benefit most from medical staff that are experienced in mass casualty medicine.
Saturday September 3, 2022
An update on the the fieldwork I'm doing with mottled ducks in South Texas.
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Friday August 26, 2022
I assisted USGS in tracking mottled ducks in southern Texas.
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Tuesday April 12, 2022
Dr. Ford was contacted for his thoughts on the current avian influenza outbreak after a bald eagle was found with neurologic symptoms in Milwaukee.
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Sunday May 30, 2021
Here's a glimpse at what I'll be doing with emperor geese in western Alaska in June!
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Thursday March 11, 2021
Posted by Dr. Scott Ford Citation: Cox, Bill, ed. Small Flock Poultry Health. BC Ministry of Agriculture, Abbotsford, BC. 2011. 251 pp. “This manual covers all the elements of poultry production with the goal of helping thesmall flock owner keep their birds as healthy as possible. It covers areas including housingand management, basics of poultry […]
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Friday December 4, 2020
The Raptor Research Foundation is hosting a virtual conference next week. It’s free to members (good excuse to join!) or $20 for non-members. It sounds like they have a good assortment of research presentations as well as techniques seminars. Learn more at https://www.raptorresearchfoundation.org/conferences/virtual-event2020/ Here’s the official announcement: RRF is thrilled to invite you to participate […]
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Monday July 20, 2020
Dr. Ford awarded adjunct faculty position at University Wisconsin-Madison School of Vet Med
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Sunday June 14, 2020
By Dr. Scott Ford Yesterday my husband and I went for our first long drive this year to go pick up some chicken chicks from our friend, Foxfeather Zenkova. Although the pandemic is far from over, we were forced to make this trip now or never due to the timing of the hatch. We took […]
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Friday May 15, 2020
LafeberVet will be hosting an online, RACE-Approved seminar for veterinarians and support staff about the ethical and medical concerns regarding flight in companion parrots. Title: Flight Mechanics & Ethical ConcernsInstructor: Todd Driggers, DVMDate: Sunday, May 31, 2020 at 3 pm Eastern TimeDuration: 1-hourCE: RACE-approved for 1 hour of continuing education Flight in Companion Parrots – The Conflict: […]
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Thursday May 14, 2020
By Dr. Scott Ford In recent months, I’ve been helping Pine View Wildlife and Best Friends Vet with a few owl cases. It’s been fun and I’m happy to be helping other veterinarians grow their skills and do great things for wildlife. I started my professional career by treating wildlife. For those that cherish wild […]
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Thursday February 13, 2020
With great difficulty, bald eagles were ultimately saved from extinction. Watch this fun & informative video about their conservation story.
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Friday December 13, 2019
Medical Management of Wildlife Species is a new book wherein Dr. Ford has written a chapter on pre-release conditioning of wild birds.
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Monday October 7, 2019
Neil Rettig's 'Bird of Prey' is a movie that will inspire you to hope and stir you to action. We all have a part we can play in saving the rarest of raptors: the Philippine eagle. These are my personal impressions from the movie, please read, share, & act
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Friday September 6, 2019
This week's unique case involves a great horned owl with a chronic wing fracture, rescued by Pine View.
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Thursday August 29, 2019
It was a long trip but it’s successfully completed! After six weeks of traveling around the Dakotas following teams of biologists and technicians, we were able to implant trackers in 62 ducks. An additional 18 were implanted by a veterinarian I trained. The study’s primary investigator, Cynthia Anchor, is a graduate student at South Dakota […]
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Friday August 16, 2019
Check out Raptor Research Foundation's techniques manual and other materials helpful for those working with birds of prey.
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Tuesday August 13, 2019
Young mallards are being tracked to better determine their unique habitat needs and pressures.
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Friday August 9, 2019
By Dr. Scott Ford The Dakota Zoo didn’t have a veterinarian available to do the orthopedic surgery that the hawk needed so they brought him back to me. Fortunately we had to change sites yesterday so it actually put us closer to them anyway, so it worked out well. I did the surgery this afternoon […]
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Thursday August 8, 2019
By Dr. Scott Ford I have great news about the hawk that we rescued yesterday. North Dakota Game & Fish was very helpful in hooking me up with the Dakota Zoo in Bismarck. Also, because I don’t have local transportation and I need to stay close to the site of our primary field work, they […]
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Wednesday August 7, 2019
By Dr. Scott Ford I’m still doing duck work in North Dakota but today took an interesting turn. My assistant, Alex Carrillo, found a family of red-tailed hawks alongside the road but one was clearly injured. He rescued it & brought it back to the RV we’re using as a mobile clinic. An exam revealed […]
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