<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" color="#000000" face="Verdana" size="2"><div><b><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font style="font-weight: bold;" color="black" size="3">Flint
Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation seeks volunteers to work two hours, one
morning per week, to rescue and recover migratory birds that have
struck buildings during migration.</font></font></b><font color="black"><font style="" color="black"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></div> <div><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font style="" color="black" size="3"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></div> <div><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font style="" color="black" size="3">Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation's rescue and recovery teams patrol buildings in downtown <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City> each morning during migration in order to save the lives of birds that strike buildings. Thousands of bird strike glass on <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City>'s
many buildings during their twice-yearly migration through the city.
These stunned birds fall to the ground where the lie unconscious.
Without intervention, they are stepped on by unaware pedestrians, eaten
by hungry gulls or die a slow death without the benefit of medical
treatment. These birds include beautiful warblers, woodpeckers,
thrushes and buntings, among others. <o:p></o:p></font></font></div> <div><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font style="" color="black" size="3"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></div> <div><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font style="" color="black" size="3">Well
over 80% of rescued birds can be released back to the wild. Timely
treatment is important to survival and Flint Creek's rescue teams
ensure that birds are treated by Flint Creek's federally-licensed staff
at nearby <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Northerly</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Island</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> where they have the best chance of survival.<o:p></o:p></font></font></div> <div><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font style="" color="black" size="3"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></div> <div><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font style="" color="black" size="3">Flint Creek also needs:<o:p></o:p></font></font></div> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font style="" size="3">Building Rescue Coordinators who coordinate rescue efforts at their residential or office buildings</font></font><font face="Verdana" size="2"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" face="Verdana" size="2"><o:p></o:p></font></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font style="" size="3">Transporters to take the birds from Flint Creek's <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Northerly</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Island</st1:PlaceType> facility to its <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Barrington</st1:place></st1:City> facility for extended care.</font></font><font face="Verdana" size="2"><font style="font-family: Verdana;" face="Verdana" size="2"><o:p></o:p></font></font></li></ul> <div><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font style="" color="black" size="3">Volunteers
only need to devote a few hours one morning a week to save the lives of
birds in the city. Training will be provided as will rescue and
recovery supplies. Interested volunteers should complete the volunteer
application on Flint Creek's website at <a href="http://www.flintcreekwildlife.org/volunteer.htm" target="_blank">www.flintcreekwildlife.org/volunteer.htm</a> or phone 847.842.8000 for more information.<o:p></o:p></font></font></div> <div><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font style="" color="black" size="3">Flint Creek is a federally-licensed, not-for-profit wildlife rehabilitation organization with facilities on <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Northerly</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Island</st1:PlaceType> in downtown <st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City>, and in <st1:City w:st="on">Barrington</st1:City> and <st1:place w:st="on">Itasca</st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></font></font></div> <div><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font style="" color="black" size="3"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></div> <div><b><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font style="font-weight: bold;" color="black" size="3">Spring migration will begin around March 15<sup>th</sup>.</font></font></b></div></font></span></body></html>