Florida Keys Wild Bird Rehabilitation Center

Florida Keys Wild Bird Rehabilitation Center The Florida Keys Wild Bird Center works to rescue, rehabilitate, and release injured wild birds. When people see or find an injured bird, where do they turn?
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If they're like most of the kindhearted people in our Florida Keys community, they call the Florida Keys Wild Bird Center Hospital. Why? Because they know the bird will receive the best possible care. They can also expect that they will be taken seriously when they call- with immediate assistance provided by dedicated, compassionate wild bird rehabilitators and interns in a warm, caring environmen

t. Our bird rehabbers have touched the lives of thousands of sick or injured birds– whether they faced an urgent need, suffered disease or needed a refuge and resting spot. The Florida Keys Wild Bird Center offers the only Bird Hospital from Key Biscayne and the Everglades to Marathon, a radius that is approximately one-hundred miles. We exist to serve our precious wildlife that is so important to our ecosystem. We are here to Keep Them Flying.

🦉🦉Double you impact with the help of the Batchelor Match🦉🦉As a small non-profit, we greatly rely on community support to...
06/10/2026

🦉🦉Double you impact with the help of the Batchelor Match🦉🦉

As a small non-profit, we greatly rely on community support to help us accomplish our mission of rescuing and rehabilitating wild birds in the Florida Keys and South Florida. Now with the help of the Batchelor Foundation, every donation will be generously matched until we meet our goal of $30,000!

Please consider making a donation to support wild bird rehabilitation today to have your impact DOUBLED!

06/09/2026

These two nestling Red-bellied Woodpeckers were brought into our care after tree trimming ended up destroying their nest. Both nestlings came in very hungry and dehydrated with empty crops. Luckily, both are alert and gaining weight fast. Now they are in an enclosure with a fledgling all recovering well together.

Unfortunately, nesting season overlaps with when yearly tree trimming occurs in preparation for hurricane season. Be sure to take an extra minute and make sure no active nests are being disturbed. If a nest is destroyed, call your closest wildlife rehabber for assistance🪺

This nestling Eastern Screech Owl was found distressed on the ground in Homestead. When the nest and parents were unable...
06/09/2026

This nestling Eastern Screech Owl was found distressed on the ground in Homestead. When the nest and parents were unable to be located, this little guy was brought into our care. Once at our center, this nestling was found to have some bruising from falling from its nest. Our team treated and cared for the nestling for a week before it was transferred to Pelican Harbor Seabird Station in Miami to be raised with other Eastern Screech Owls!

Happy this week we are introducing our newest Avian Care Intern, Sophia!Sophia grew up in Naples, Florida and recentl...
06/08/2026

Happy this week we are introducing our newest Avian Care Intern, Sophia!

Sophia grew up in Naples, Florida and recently graduated from Eckerd College with majors in Animal Studies and Psychology and a minor in biology. Her academic background is rooted in animal behavior research. For her senior thesis, Sophia studied social dynamics within captive wolf packs at ZooTampa. As a member of Eckerd’s Comparative Psychology Lab, she helped train dogs to play video games as a form of cognitive enrichment! Sophia is excited to transition from research to wildlife rehabilitation and gain hands-on experience caring for the birds of the Florida Keys. Her favorite birds are blue-footed bo***es and secretary birds!

We are excited to have Sophia join Team Wild Bird 🐥

⚠️Mystery Bird ID Reveal⚠️The correct answer is an American Redstart! Males are a distinctive black and orange while fem...
06/07/2026

⚠️Mystery Bird ID Reveal⚠️

The correct answer is an American Redstart! Males are a distinctive black and orange while females and juveniles feature a bright yellow flash. They fan out their tail and wing feather to quickly show their bright flash patterns to startle insects while hunting. Once young leave the nest, the parents divide up who is fed by which parent.

This juvenile Brown Pelican was found by a member of the public with a hook caught in its mouth near its eye. Upon admis...
06/06/2026

This juvenile Brown Pelican was found by a member of the public with a hook caught in its mouth near its eye. Upon admission, our team did a thorough intake exam and found the patient was also emaciated and had feather mites along with a wound on its foot. The patient’s wounds were cleaned and treated while they were also started on our emaciation protocol, consisting of a liquid diet for 5 days. Luckily, this pelican was eating well once introduced back to a solid diet and began perching immediately. This peli is now in an outdoor enclosure at our hospital and is continuing to make great improvements after 2 weeks in care!

06/05/2026

Happy Freedom Friday 🏝️

This Brown Pelican was released at our sanctuary over the Florida Bay after two and a half weeks of care! This pelican was found my members of the public at a waterfront restaurant unable to fly due to fishing line entanglement. Our team performed a water rescue and was able to bring the bird into our rehabilitation hospital. Once the line was removed, our team found some abrasions along its wings and beak from the entanglement. Luckily, this patient was feisty and eating well. Once this pelican’s wounds were healed, they were ready to fly free!

⚠️Mystery Bird ID⚠️This little warbler can be seen hopping among tree branches while searching for insects. They have a ...
06/04/2026

⚠️Mystery Bird ID⚠️

This little warbler can be seen hopping among tree branches while searching for insects. They have a striking wing and tail pattern that are flashed to startle prey out of hiding. This species can be seen throughout much of North America during the warm summer months. Hint: these birds are typically admitted to our rehab center after collisions or cat attacks.

Comment your guesses below!

Join us for a wonderful volunteer opportunity on Friday, June 19th♻️We are partnering with Rock The Ocean to host anothe...
06/03/2026

Join us for a wonderful volunteer opportunity on Friday, June 19th♻️

We are partnering with Rock The Ocean to host another monofilament clean-up event! Join us at 5:30pm at the Laura Quinn Wild Bird Sanctuary to help us prepare fishing line collected from around the Upper Keys to be recycled as a part of FWC's monofilament recovery and recycling program. We even have some line collected from our reefs during I.CARE Trash Derby clean-ups! Cleaning line is a great way to help our local wildlife and make sure used fishing line is repurposed.

We hope to see you there🌊

06/02/2026

Our three Loggerhead Shrikes are learning the ropes of being a butcher bird! These carnivorous songbirds are known to skewer their food on thorns or barbed wire while eating. To help these young birds learn, our team has been presenting their meals on thorns. This past week, we even noticed one skewering their own food! These shrikes have been in care for 35 days since they were displaced nestlings and are now fast approaching their release date!

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93600 Overseas Highway
Tavernier, FL
33070

Opening Hours

Monday 7am - 5pm
Tuesday 7am - 7:30pm
Wednesday 7am - 7:30pm
Thursday 7am - 7:30pm
Friday 7am - 7:30pm
Saturday 7am - 7:30pm
Sunday 7am - 7:30pm

Telephone

+13058524486

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