[…]Please donate what you can. Not yet fully weaned, they are given even more room, more comforts of home, and more diet options. For their last week in care, the young chipmunks were fairly independent. We’d moved them to outdoor housing when they were weaned where they were provided extensive privacy and natural foods such as berries, mushrooms, grass seeds and insects. After proving they could thrive in the more challenging environment, they were released. We released them on the bank of a forest stream. We left them with a small amount of seed to see them through the […]
[…]of study. For more information on the spill: www.skytruth.org for the ‘official’ viewwww.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com next up: the birds in care…. followed by…. BP – up to no good since the early 20th […]
[…]– stretching from here to Alaska – may be key for many species’ survival. As a committed ally of the wild, BAX/HWCC doesn’t take this lightly. A sense of urgency is growing in communities everywhere, that we must act now, and with intelligence, if we are to preserve ourselves and our wild neighbors. In these shared current circumstances, joining together makes sense. Unquestionably, a major component of protecting wild animals from injury and keeping their families together is to advocate for and practice place-based, energy-aware wildlife care. BAX/HWCC, with your support, is able to provide leadership and innovation as we […]
[…]Western Gulls (Larus occidentalis) One, an adult, was found unable to fly in a backyard in the community of King Salmon on the edge of Humboldt Bay. She’d been there for a few days, eating chicken scratch. Weak and very thin, the bird was enthusiastic about the fish diet we served. After several days in care she was flying in our gull aviary. After 3 weeks she was ready for freedom! We met our August goal of $7000! Thank you!! Our goal for September is to build on that, pay summer bills and prepare for winter. You can help! Please click here to […]
[…]wildlife stress •Be 18 years of age or older •Be in good health. People who are immune compromised should not work directly with animals but are welcome to help with transport. •Be able to lift 50 lbs. •Must wear closed-toe shoes •Ability to work as part of a team, be positive and have a good work ethic! The working conditions are outside and may involve hard physical labor. Please bring a water bottle and wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty. If you’re interested in helping some amazing birds, please email John Fitzroy, USFWS Klamath Basin, john_fitzroy@fws.gov or January Bill, […]
[…]Adamson, assistant rehabilitation manager at HWCC, writing her first post for the Bird Ally X website! As the holiday season unfolds, things are getting quiet around the clinic. Many long time volunteers are away visiting family and friends for the holidays. And the phone rings less often than it used to, hopefully that means fewer animals are getting hurt. There is still a lot of work to be done and thankfully not everyone travels for the holidays. Several new volunteers are just starting out after recently completing their orientation. (Find out how you can volunteer here.) They are quickly learning the […]
[…]each component here is critical to providing good housing for certain species of aquatic birds. Complex patients require complex solutions. Safely operating an aquatic environment requires skill and knowledge. Duckweed is food! Duckweed is a filter! And how that helps us in many ways! Part of operating pools correctly means controlling waste water responsibly! The frog pond that neighbors our facility doesn’t want pool chemistry dumped in it. You can’t be an ally of wild animals without being an ally of habitat. Pools for Pelicans, Cormorants and Gulls have their own requirements. Here we take a look at how water […]
[…]is part of that transition. This will allow us to more efffectively meet our mission and our commitment to provide educational and informational materials and literature for our colleagues and our neighbors. You will be able to find current updates on animal care and issues we are concerned as well as news from around the digital community that relates to our mission on our facebook page. Our blogger page is still up if you’d like to donate. Also you can still find information for Humboldt Wildlife Care Center, our largest project. See you in the […]
[…]Care Center Volunteers support animal care through a variety of tasks ranging from cleaning, diet prep, light building, to some patient handling and more. Get Started Please enter your info here, and the Volunteer Coordinator will get back to you soon to set up an interview! Internships Intensive training program designed for future wildlife rehabilitators. See […]
[…]fourth episode, I read an essay, Letting Nature Take Its Course, which was first published on this website in 2016 and again in the beautiful magazine, Wild Hope in 2019. Also included in this episode is a reading of the poem, Deer Skull. As always, thank you for supporting our work. I hope you enjoy this episode. A significant amount of the music in this episode was cmpossed and performed by Erica McCool. more of her incredible music can be found here: […]