Hesperia Lake Bird Rescue - 4 The Love of Rescue, Inc. 501c3

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Hesperia Lake Bird Rescue - 4 The Love of Rescue, Inc. 501c3

We advocate for animals. Partnering with Hesperia Lake to help the birds. The mission of 4 The Love of Rescue, Inc. is to help animals of all types.

We educate the community on animal welfare, promoting compassionate interactions, strengthening the bond between humans and animals. We specialize in bird rescue, wild and domestic. We partner with Hesperia Lake to help the birds that get tangled in fishing apparatus and tend to birds that need medical attention. We help to educate the community on the help animals need to further the bond between

people and animals. We are a group of volunteers that run on donations, which has allowed us to become a thriving 501c3 nonprofit animal rescue.

08/31/2026

Blackie got adopted ❤️ This is the dumped mobilhome, bumblefoot baby

08/30/2026

08.28.2026 Stringfoot. Upon arriving there was a goose with fishing line around its leg. Caught and released. It was still sore limping and holding the leg up when released. It will take a bit for it to regain the circulation in the leg. Luckily the line had not cut into the skin, or do any permanent damage.

We had an enjoyable time feeding the birds. They were funny when they would heading towards us to be feed walking in a line. Except for the goose we unstrung, the rest of the birds seemed to be good 😊

Be kind to wildlife. Be kind to animals. Be kind to people. Be kind to yourself.

08/25/2026

08.21.26 Stringfoot. Most of stringfoot was trying to get a hook out of a turtle’s mouth. One of the staff and I worked and worked trying to keep its mouth open so we could assess the situation. Unfortunately once we got a decent view the hook was all the way back behind the tongue. After trying to move the hook around, hoping we could get it in a better position to remove it. We finally decided we needed to come up with a different game plan. Our concerned was, if we did try and remove it, we would end up pulling the inside of the mouth out. We decided to cut the eye of the hook off and release it back to the lake. Easier said then done, with big hook cutters and a small mouth that kept tucking back into the shell. This was a little, strong fast turtle with nails like daggers and a chomping mouth. We finally got it done and released it, as we wished the best for it.

The staff, was told of a goose with line around its leg(s). After the turtle, we went on a goose hunt. We had a new family show up for stringfoot, so we took some pictures. Before leaving, I drove around to the back field where there was a lot of geese hanging out. I started feeding them to get a good view of their legs since they were scattered. They came in droves. I did not see any with fishing line, but did see a goose that the leg looked mangled and was missing its foot 🙁

The goose with the broken leg from last week is healing. Luckily it was not a real bad break. My concern was the open wound being wrapped, and the wound smoldering and getting an infection. Thank goodness it looked great when I unwrapped it. I resplinted it, to give it a little more time to heal up strong. The white goose died. Will never know what was wrong with it, but glad it’s not suffering anymore.

08/16/2026

08.15.2026 It was a busy Stringfoot.
When we were at the lake last week we noticed some of the domestic dumped ducks had toe nails that were way too long. So on our agenda for this Stringfoot, was to clip their nails.

Yesterday I was told of a white goose that had something going on with it. It stood for hours by the store looking like a statue. It ate a little, but didn’t have much interest, there was obviously something wrong. When I arrived at the lake the goose was not by the store, or in that area.

When we started walking, we had some men tell us about a goose with a broken leg. I told them, if it was an old break we probably wouldn’t be able to do anything. They said, it just happened and that it had a fresh wound where the leg was broke. We all looked around for it, but could not find it.

When we walked down to the lake we found the white goose laying asleep at the waters edges. Easily picked up, and assessed it. There was no visible sign of any problem, but it definitely had issues. So we took it up near the store where it just layed there. We watched it for awhile, and then decided we would think about what to do, and figure it out when we were done at the lake.

Continuing our walk were able to get two of the muscovies nails clipped a little, since we did not want them to bleed. We will continue manicures lol and give some time for the quick to retract, to be able to clip more.

We then saw the goose with the broken leg. It was really struggling. We picked it up and put it in the crate we have for birds needing help. By this time it was getting late so we decided to wrap up. We still needed to figure out, if we were going to try and treat the goose, or have animal control pick it up. Well long story short. We ended up taking both, the white goose, and the broken leg with us.

We accomplished so much at this Stringfoot. With so much group effort. We were so busy. We didn’t remember to take our group picture till the end.

Christina drove the white goose over to my house, since we didn’t want to put the two together in the carrier. Arriving home, Christina stayed and helped. We got the broken leg splinted. Then started on the white goose. We gave it oral antibiotics, electrolytes, probiotics and got it tucked in for the night with a heat lamp. We are not sure if this goose will pull through, but at minimum it is comfortable. I was so thankful that Christina stayed, for moral support, her input and her extra hands. I think we finished up about 10:30 feeling relieved that we got them both situated and comfortable.

08/11/2026

And the the legacy will continue with Shadow…

08/10/2026

Rest in Peace Jackie. You are loved and will be forever missed 💔 Hatched 2012 - Aug 10 2026

08/08/2026

08.07.2026 Stringfoot. It was a perfect evening at the lake. So relaxing and peaceful. We were happy to have Stephanie Rae join us. And it was so nice, that June brought us all out some eucalyptus branches.

I sware the birds know our cart. Like we are the food truck coming through the lake following us to be fed. As we were nearing the end of our lake walk. We saw a goose with a lot of fishing line around the legs, and a line that went around both legs. After working it a bit, it started eating which allowed us that few seconds to catch it. Upon catching it, it went into major wing slaps, I think it jammed my finger as I was trying to get some control and bring the wings down. They are so powerful, I already feel some lumps from getting slapped so hard. It definitely was a lively one. After assessing it. The line was easily removed with no broken skin. It is so nice when we can help them before any major damage has occurred. We all felt a great sense of satisfaction while releasing it. The feeling of freeing these birds from discomfort, and suffering is like no other ❤️

08/01/2026

July 31 2016 Stringfoot. The evening Stringfoot was a nice change. It was hot, but really pleasant when it cooled off. When we started walking the lake, right off the bat, there was a goose with fishing line and a hook near its wing. After playing cat and mouse, it seemed it knew we were trying to catch it. We finally got a crowd of birds around it eating, that was just enough to distract it a bit, so that we could catch it. The line had started digging into the skin some. After removing the line we started assessing the hook situation. At first we thought we were going to just have to pull the hook out. With farther investigation moving through all the feathers down to the skin. Their was a build up of scar tissue around the hook. The plan was, I was going to hold the scar tissue while the hook was pulled to give the skin more stability so that the hook could be removed quickly. Unfortunately that would mean the barbs would be ripping the skin and painful.

After taking a second look the hook was poking out the other side of the skin. I don’t know if it’s because I was holding the scar tissue tight that the hook pushed through the skin, or it was like that from the beginning since our visibility was blocked with so many feathers covering the area. Regardless the plan changed. We were able to cut the eye of the hook, and the hook just came out on the other side. What a relief! It is such an awesome feeling when we can finally release the bird and let it carry on.

The rest of the evening was relaxing as it cooled off. My son came out and joined us, and as you can tell we always have fun taking a lot of pictures. The lake was so calm and beautiful as we wrapped things up.

07/31/2026

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More details are under the Stringfoot Event for July 31st.

Address

7500 Arrowhead Lake Road
Hesperia, CA
92345

Website

https://www.hesperiaparks.com/hesperia-lake-park

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