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Is that Godzilla’s cousin on SA Live?
Fletcher Reptile & Bird Rescue hoping to find homes for cute critters
Robert Morin, SA Live Producer
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SAN ANTONIO – He’s got the armor, the powerful tail, but no fire-breath. The Sudan Plated Lizard might not really be related to Godzilla, but he can be a member of your family. Fletcher Reptile and Bird Rescue saves and re-homes adoptable critters we may not think about at first - but still need loving homes.
The Sudan Plated Lizard has a full plated stomach that protects his belly from the very hot and rocky Sudan desert. The females look exactly like the males so it will take an expert to tell them apart. This pre-historic-looking cutie is up for adoption to the correct adopter. He does require someone who knows a little more about reptile care.
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Scores of songbirds are dying across the Bay Area. Your bird feeder might be the reason why.
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A male pine siskin looks over the selection of sunflower seeds and peanut pieces in a cage feeder.Frank Cezus/Getty Images
For bird-watching enthusiasts and amateur naturalists across the Bay Area, backyard feeders have provided a sense of solace and a much-needed connection with the outdoors, especially amid the isolation of the pandemic.
But the California Department of Fish and Wildlife is urging residents to take them down as soon as possible – the lives of finches and other avian species depend on it.
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Scott Bowman runs Oxford Bird Rescue, which helps birds like harrier hawks often after they have been hit by a vehicle while feeding on road kill. (Video first published in April 2019) “Little owls only spend about one month with their parents, Bowman said. “The ones we get in are generally about eight to 12 weeks, and they just haven t managed to get enough food.” As they drop about five to seven grams a day, the little owls need to eat at least that much to sustain themselves.
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Oxford Bird Rescue has had another busy season looking after little owls from across Canterbury.
International Bird Rescue volunteers clean a pelican during the 1971 San Francisco Bay oil spill. (Courtesy photo)
International Bird Rescue celebrates golden anniversary
FAIRFIELD January marked the 50th anniversary of the devastating oil spill that fouled the San Francisco Bay, killing thousands of seabirds. It was a tragic event that spawned the creation of a new branch of environmental science that continues to evolve today here in Solano County.
Two Standard Oil tankers – the Arizona Standard and the Oregon Standard – collided in the bay near the Golden Gate Bridge on an early foggy morning, Jan. 18, 1971.
The collision resulted in 800,000 gallons of caustic, sticky crude staining the bay and surrounding beaches and in its wake, created a wildlife emergency like no other that led to the formation of International Bird Rescue in Berkeley.