Ride The Wind Wild Bird Rehab Center

11/24/2025

Happy Thanksgiving.......

11/23/2025

This little Red breasted Nuthatch has been coming to my feeder for at least a week now. This is a terrible picture but it is taken out my kitchen window with my little ancient Kodak Easy Share point and shoot Camera.,..,.so this is what you get....but works for me.

He is eating the Peanut Butter Suet Recipe. EVERY single bird loves this and they will wait in line to get to it.
Here's the recipe if you want a huge birdie crowd lined up at your feeders.

Eastern Bluebirds fight over it...and Pileateds will knock at your door for it.
I have had Rose-breasted Grosbeaks eat it...and Warblers.
It's not my recipe.....I found it in a book and I have made it for many years.

It's easy to make and store....
and it smells like peanut butter cookies when you make it..
So there is a bonus for your chore.
Ha.....I made a rhyme.....
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2 cups peanut butter ( I use the smooth )
2 cups real lard... ( no substitutes...NOT Crisco )
4 cups " quick oats " oats
4 cups corn meal ...( I think yellow corn meal works best )
2 cups white flour
2/3 cup white table sugar
Handful of raisins if you want.
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Melt lard and peanut butter in large pot over LOW heat...stir constantly or it will burn
Take off heat and mix in dry ingredients.
You need to work quickly because it starts setting up fast.
When done it should be the consistency of really thick cooked oatmeal.
Put it in your container(s) and let it sit overnight at room temp. to cool.
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The pans I use to put the mixture in are approx. 3 inches high...
And I make the cakes 1 and 3/4... to 2 inches thick...but you can make them however thick you want.

But if you make them too thin they will break and crumble.

I line my containers with plastic wrap on the bottom and up the sides....that makes it easy to get out of the pan...otherwise it sticks.

If you line the pan good enough....you can just turn the pan upside down on your kitchen counter and it will fall right out.

Cut into squares after cooled...and store.
**Get everything ready BEFORE you start cooking it...because you won't have time after.
I make 4 times the recipe at a time.
Make it....I promise you won't be sorry.

11/03/2025

HELP HELP HELP....PLEASE share this everywhere.
I am looking for these particular cages...

MARCHIORO " Tommy " 120
The company no longer makes them...but there has to be someone out there that has some used that they no longer want.
Anyone got one that they no longer use that they want to sell ?
Name your price....... I will buy it.
I actually would like to buy 4 of them but any amount will do )

Please look at the picture....it is a large cage..
( there are two cages in the picture )
With TWO DOORS in the front,
Any color.
The measurements are approximately :

46 inches long
23 inches deep
20 inches high
PLEASE SHARE THIS
Call Tracy...
513-797-7239 ( land line can not text this number )
Thank you...

10/30/2025

I ain't fraid a no ghost.
Happy Halloween.....
Now get this junk outta my cage Tracy.
I don't know why I have to put up with this.

10/11/2025

WINDOW STRIKES....

BILLIONS ( yes I said BILLIONS ) of birds die every year from window strikes.
Our buildings...our windows are the reason.
And it is preventable.

There are many simple and in-expensive ways to prevent birds from hitting windows.
But it is up to ALL of us to help prevent this from happening.

I admit bird after bird after bird every single year from window strikes.... and many more die than survive.
I tend to post the happy ending stories instead of all of the bad outcomes....so you don't see all of those.

You are in charge of your home's windows.......you can prevent this....it is your choice.
You can be someone who helps save birds from these deaths.

You can be part of the solution....... or part of the problem.
That's not an insult....that's just a fact.

And what about the buildings that you work in ?
You can talk to your employer or owner of the building......
Inform them....show them ways that can help reduce or completely prevent this from happening.

I have another little warbler window strike that I admitted yesterday....and it is not going to be a happy ending.

I have talked about window strikes on this page many times through the years....and I always wonder how many people actually do something to help prevent these deaths from happening.

This is not a small problem....this is a huge problem.....every single time a bird hits a window...... it could have been prevented....but it is up to us to do something about it.....now........not later........now.

This happens EVERYWHERE.....not just huge structures......it happens at your house....where you work...where you shop....where you go to school......small buildings.....medium buildings...you name it.

if there is a window.....there is a potential fatal problem for birds......anywhere.

We can do so much better than this.
We created the problem..........and we can fix it....let's do that.
Check these links out below ....you need to see them :

https://abcbirds.org/news/chicago-collisions-event-2023/

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/a-single-night-of-bird-collisions-in-chicago-points-to-the-need-for-window-safety/

On the night of Oct. 4, 2023, a massive wave of bird migration swept through Chicago. Nearly 1,000 songbirds died after colliding with just one of the many buildings along the waterfront. But it doesn't have to be so: science shows darkened windows can make a big difference in saving birds.

10/11/2025

Another window strike.....
This little cutie Bay-breasted Warbler was found and rescued by
Olivia and Paula Teleky.

I admitted him about 5 days ago.....and released him this morning.
He actually had a big breakfast before he left.....
( I know because I counted the mealworms in his dish LOL )
So he was good to go to begin his long journey.

Thank you Olivia and Paula for saving this little one....he would not have survived had you not rescued him.

Fall plumage...Halloween plumage...first fall....spring plumage...juvenile female....juvenile male....best costume.....spring hairdo...second haircut....after dinner....before lunch...grade school...
non-breeding on a date.

When I don't know what they are ( which is frequent ) I make Don ID them.
So thank you Donald Morse Jr. for the Warbler ID..... :) :)

10/07/2025

Here we go again...
I got this guy in today.

ANOTHER Yellow-billed Cuckoo
ANOTHER Window Strike victim.

A very nice couple ( Barbara Schmidt and Fred Abblett ) found and rescued him.
Thank you for taking the time to help him Barb and Fred. :)

Want to see how many birds might be migrating tonight over your area ? Check this map out :
https://birdcast.info/migration-tools/live-migration-maps/

10/04/2025

UPDATE :
Want a happy ending to start your day ?

This is the Yellow-billed Cuckoo that I admitted several days ago.
Kathryn Draca found and rescued him.

He was a window strike and from the condition he was in I really had doubts that he would survive.
But Hot Diggity Dog....he did.

I just released him a few minutes ago. :) :)

09/30/2025

Here is another Yellow-billed Cuckoo folks.....this poor guy is a window strike. I got him in yesterday.
Kathryn Draca found him on the ground outside the building where she works and rescued him.

He is in very bad condition....extremely emaciated etc.
I don't know if he will survive this or not.

This is still heavy migration time.....and I am getting lots of window strike birds in.
If you work in a building with lots of windows you should talk to your employer and see if they would use some product to prevent window strikes. Some places are doing that.

This beauty should be on his way to South America......
but instead he is here in rehab feeling miserable and fighting for his life.
Thank you Kathryn for helping him.

09/28/2025

I got this Swainson's Thrush in a couple of days ago. Two very nice people ( Annie Cardin and Marc Lemaitre ) rescued him.

These guys are long distance migrants and they spend the winter in South America.

This is fall migration time and migratory birds unfortunately are getting into lots of trouble from injuries due to window strikes...hit by cars...building collisions....cat attacks as well as other problems.

Migration is very tough on birds......and far too many do not survive.

The dangers they face are endless and the journey they face is incredible.

Some migratory birds fly non stop over the Gulf of MEXICO
and that is an unbelievable feat.

Flying non stop over the Gulf of MEXICO takes every bit of strength and energy and determination that they have.

You can help prevent window strikes and save some birds by making your windows safe.
Billions of birds die every year from window strikes.
I get tons of window strike victims in every year.....and sadly many do not survive.
Thank you again Annie and Marc.

09/27/2025

Update on the Cuckoo I got several days ago that Dylan Nickell found.
He has a broken leg...
I took him to a fantastic avian vet the day after I got him...who splinted the leg....it will be a couple weeks before bandage comes off to see if the fracture healed.
He is now able to perch and balance on one leg.
He is doing good Dylan... :)

09/22/2025

I got this beauty in today...( Yellow-billed Cuckoo )
A very nice kind hearted man ( Dylan Nickell ) saw him in the road and stopped and picked him up.

Thank you so very much for rescuing this bird Dylan.
Your kindness is greatly appreciated.

No doubt this bird was hit by a car....
and if Dylan had not stopped to rescue him.....it would have been the end of this bird's life.
But thanks to Dylan....he now has a chance.

He has some serious injuries.........so keep your fingers crossed.
And Dylan....did I spell your last name right ? :)