{"id":12338,"date":"2024-03-26T08:05:17","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T13:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/?p=12338"},"modified":"2024-03-13T10:48:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T15:48:50","slug":"northern-flicker-hit-by-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/northern-flicker-hit-by-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Flicker Hit By Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12340\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/northern-flicker-bird-bcm-20240326-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Northern flicker bird perched in cage\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/northern-flicker-bird-bcm-20240326-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/northern-flicker-bird-bcm-20240326-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/northern-flicker-bird-bcm-20240326-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/northern-flicker-bird-bcm-20240326.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The following story about a Northern flicker was shared with us by <a href=\"https:\/\/birdcentermi.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bird Center of Michigan<\/a> in Michigan.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This Northern flicker was brought to the Bird Center of Michigan after being recently struck by a car. He was in critical condition on intake due to the severity of the collision.<\/p>\n<p>On admission, he was aspirating on blood from his internal injuries. Our incredible staff acted quickly and was able to get him stabilized.<\/p>\n<p>A week later, with some initial days of subcutaneous fluids and assisted-feeding with a food mix of <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emeraid-carnivore\/\">EmerAid IC Carnivore<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emeraid-omnivore\/\">EmerAid IC Omnivore<\/a>, he greatly improved. He began to self-feed and was able to fly again.<\/p>\n<p>After a few more weeks in rehab, we were able to release him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Northern flicker suffers critical internal injuries after collision with a car, but staff at the Bird Center of Michigan save him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":12340,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Northern Flicker Hit By Car - 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