[…]by BAX and made possible by a grant from the Kure Stuyvesant Trust, this poster is available for FREE while supplies last. Available either on paper or on vinyl for durable outdoor use. Shipping and handling to be paid by the orderer. Request a poster – Scroll down the Shop page. You can also pick one up at Humboldt Wildlife Care […]
[…]was stable enough to be housed outdoors. After a few weeks, he was fit and ready to return to his free and wild life. We released him into the same area he was found. As you can see in the following phone pics, he made short work of dashing for cover… And then he was gone…. Your support makes our work providing care for our wild neighbors who’ve become orphaned or injured due to our built world possible! Without you, neither this skunk, nor the other 15 skunks we’ve treated in 2016, nor the other 900 wild animals, as well […]
[…]vitamins while in care. Like many aquatic bird species, Western grebes are social and seek the comfort and safety of a like-minded community. Even a Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica) can be part of the gang! Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) being released after two weeks in care, regaining lost body weight and strength. Another Western Grebe released. This Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) collided with a building suffering very little injury. Still this male needed a few days to recover. Upon release in his home territory at Big Lagoon he immediately circled around calling and joined a female, his likely mate. An […]
[…]far less toxic. After trying several brands advertised as natural, we found Seventh Generation® Free and Clear to be the most effective at removing the fish oil. This soap was far less irritating to the person using it as well. The detergent most commonly used on oiled wildlife can be very harsh to work with over an extended period of time and some people have a very adverse reaction to it, developing rashes, or experiencing burning sensations in their eyes and other unpleasant side effects. As an excellent, unexpected bonus, Seventh Generation® rinsed out of feathers in half the time […]
[…]wild universe and here on Earth we see the seasons. So regularly ordinary is it to be flung wild and free through a cosmos we’ll never fully grasp, that we might walk past a miracle here, a breathtaking moment of love and poetry there. It’s a simple observable fact that the wild is boundless and there is no void. Each toehold, every crumb has someone to perch there, someone to feed. If we seek the wild we need look no further than the back of our own hands or the wild red blood cells who swim in our veins. We […]
[…]hundreds of raccoon, skunk, swallow, and sparrow families stay together, – learning, growing and becoming part of our natural community. Spring and Mother Earth’s northern renewal are here – they won’t stop for our crisis, and human society, even as most of us are staying home, will continue to injure wild animals, through passive, chronic problems like pollution, habitat loss and general environmental degradation as well as acute and aggressive agents, such as cars, abuse, and other violent conflicts from which no wild animal is safe. Our work is never going to be unnecessary, at least not in our lifetimes. […]
[…](Anas platyrhynchos), finished their time with us this weekend and were released back to their free and wild lives. Found in a back yard in McKinleyville, these youngsters were only 30 grams when we admitted them in the middle of April. Now over 700 grams and with their flight feathers nearly grown in, we released to one of our area’s local “duck nurseries”, a marshy location that is a smorgasbord of appropriate Mallard diet. Here they’ll finish their apprenticeships on their way to becoming successful adults. The obstacles people have put in the way of the normal lives of our […]
[…]had an injury just inside her cloaca, or ‘vent’, so it is possible that she was very uncomfortable when eliminating solid waste. In any case, we had to provide her nutrition via a feeding tube, a technique known as ‘gavage’ feeding – basically putting a fish slurry (a blend of smelt, vitamins, and a nutritionally enhanced liquid similar to a protein drink) directly into the patient’s stomach. Gavage feeding is necessary when a patient isn’t able to self-feed. Her weight during this period gradually rose. Our schedule for feeding balanced the needs of the patient to not see our scary […]
[…]wild. Here at the center of the Redwood Coast, on the edge of our great Western Sea, under the sky and standing on ground that has seen thousands of years joy and sorrow, beauty and tragedy – suffered the losses of forests, of people, of species, of stability, here we are, now, alive, breathing, dreaming, and striving to help those for whom there would be nothing if we weren’t here. We are one of the small hearts you’ll find at the center of everything. PLEASE HELP. Your contribution goes directly toward our […]
[…]lines we’ve drawn between our world and theirs. [You can click here to Donate Now] My comfort zone includes some pretty awful things – broken wings, a car-smashed Opossum mother with babies still in her pouch, a thrush torn apart by a housecat and still breathing. My training and experience have taught me how to set aside immediate feelings and take action. It’s what I do. It’s what all wildlife rehabilitators do – every day of the year – here at Humboldt Wildlife Care Center, and in every other clinic – from well-funded organizations with a million dollar budget to the […]