Cute Informative Video About Bald Eagle Recovery
With great difficulty, bald eagles were ultimately saved from extinction. Watch this fun & informative video about their conservation story.
Free Avian Anesthesia Webinar Hosted by Lafeber
LafeberVet is offering a live webinar in avian anesthesia on Sunday, February 9, 2020. Register today!
Dr. Ford Authors New Chapter on Wild Bird Flight Conditioning
Medical Management of Wildlife Species is a new book wherein Dr. Ford has written a chapter on pre-release conditioning of wild birds.
Neil Rettig’s ‘Bird of Prey’ Stirs Action for Rare Philippine Eagles
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
An Interesting Owl Case
This week’s unique case involves a great horned owl with a chronic wing fracture, rescued by Pine View.
80 Trackers Implanted in Mallards in the Dakotas
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 […]
Raptor Research Foundation Publications
Check out Raptor Research Foundation’s techniques manual and other materials helpful for those working with birds of prey.
Tracking Young Mallards in the Dakotas
Young mallards are being tracked to better determine their unique habitat needs and pressures.
Hawk: Surgery Completed
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 […]
Hawk Update
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 […]
Rescued Red-tailed Hawk
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 […]
Welcome to the New Wildlife Site for Dr. Scott Ford
Have you looked at my old site (avian-vet.com) lately? Yeah, it looks old, doesn’t it? And barely used. Well welcome to one of two new websites I’ve been working on […]
Tracking Scoters from Yakutat, Alaska
By Dr. Scott Ford In April of this year I had the pleasure of dropping into the small Alaska town of Yakutat to assist Alaska Department of Fish and Game. […]