FOCUS ON: LINDA BETHKE; ; A chance to fly again; Sauk City woman takes injured birds under her wing, returns them to the wild

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: January 24, 2005| Author: TOM LYNN | Copyright information

A chance to fly again

Sauk City woman takes injured birds under her wing, returns them to the wild

After rehabilitating 118 species of birds, Linda Bethke still believes that every bird deserves a chance to live free.

Bethke started saving birds in 1990 and became a federally licensed migratory bird specialist in 1992. She lives in the Sauk County village of Sauk City, two blocks west of the Wisconsin River, where she cares for migratory birds in homemade cages in her back...

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