Pacific Wren Siblings Evade a Tragic But Common Fate.
A mom goes out for food. “I’ll be right back,” she tells her kids … but she doesn’t comes back. Her kids keep getting hungrier. Still, she doesn’t come back. Eventually, in desperation, they go out, maybe to look for her, or maybe out of confusion. But now they’re lost. And still she doesn’t come […]
Young Brown Pelicans in Trouble From One End of California to the Other
One thing that used to be true in the olden times was that seasonal events were predictable. Now the the youngsters today may find this hard to believe but naturalists from 30 years ago might’ve known what day a certain woodland plant bloomed and made a trek to be there to see it happen. While […]
Wild Babies Coming in Hot
Wild Baby Season is off to hectic start this year! If it was a competition (it isn’t!) we’d be in the lead for busiest year on record already! We’re currently running 18% above last year! As of today we have nearly 50 wild babies in care. From duckling and goslings to helplessly small baby opossums, […]
SIgn Up Here Directly and Cut Out the Middle Man (who probably isn’t your friend)
An excellent way to stay connected to our work is very simple. Just sign up right here on our website to get an email notification when we post new content! It’s easy, it’s free, and it doesn’t require having a relationship with a bloated mega-hoarder who probably doesn’t have your best interests at heart! Just […]
Reinventing our Outreach, Education and Fundraising without Toxic Billionaires [VIDEO]
After 16 years of building our digital community of support, it’s time for us to reimagine and recreate a less toxic environment that reaches more people to secure the success of our mission! Bird Ally X co-founder and Humboldt Wildlife Care Center/bax director, (me) talks about the successes of the past, the challenges of our […]
Ringtail saved from Washer gets Delicate Cycle in Rehab!
Special to our website, Humboldt WIldlife Care Center’s Assistant Wildlife Rehabilitation Manager, Lucinda Adamson, tells the story of a pretty usual patient. Working at a wildlife rehabilitation facility, you never know what to expect when answering the phone. Often it’s someone who has found a sick or injured animal and they are hoping they’ve found […]
New Wild Review v6e3 Taking it Squirrel by Squirrel with Napa Wildlife Center’s Linnaea Furlong.
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:13:52 — 84.5MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSJoin us on New Wild Review for a conversation with Napa Wildlife Rescue’s Director of Animal Care and Operations, Linnaea Furlong. (please check out the awesome work of Napa Wildlife Rescue) A recent social media post by […]
When the Tower Falls and Your Nest is Lost
On Friday a private water tower in Fort Dick, north of Crescent City, close to the Oregon State Line, collapsed unexpectedly. Unfortunately it was the nest site for a pair of Barn Owls (Tyto furcata). The property owner found of the owlet nestlings alive, buried in the debris. They called Humboldt Wildlife Care Center to […]
Here Comes the Sun [VIDEO]
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Wild Babies Need YOU! (Video)
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The First Babies of 2025!
On the second of April, right after we opened, we admitted the first wild orphans of 2025. A student walking to school in Weott found an Opossum who had been hit by a car. In her pouch they found six tiny babies, eyes still closed, who were alive. They took the babies and wrapped them […]
New Wild Review v 6 e 2 – When Saving the Earth means Rescuing Society
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 14:46 — 16.9MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSI have been working as a wildlife rehabilitator for 26 years. I will tell you briefly why. One day in the late 90s I looked up from the book I was reading – I had been studying […]
New Wild Review vol 6 ep 1 Loren Eiseley’s The Star Thrower
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 51:06 — 58.5MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSIn the first podcast of 2025, we look at the essay by Loren Eiseley, “The Star Thrower”, first published in his book The Unexpected Universe (1969). This essay has been paraphrased in numerous ways over the years, […]
Seeds for Change! Round up at the North Coast Co-op!
We are very happy to say that Humboldt Wildlife Care Center/bird ally x is one of the non-profits chosen by voting members of the North Coast Co-op for Seeds for Change, the monthly round-up program. Our appreciation for this honor is huge! Thanks to the co-op members for choosing our work. We will be featured […]
2024: One heck of a year!
A lot happened in 2024. We treated 1,577 patients! We answered thousands of phone calls! We gave hundreds of second chances to our wild neighbors. And it was with your help, your support, your generosity, that we could do any of it. Thank you for making our second busiest year of all time a successful […]
Latest Podcast! New Wild Review vol 5 ep 3 with Laura Corsiglia, imagination and the Wild!
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:17:40 — 88.9MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSOn the day I met Laura Corsiglia, I knew. Who else would I ever be able to talk with about wildlife and reality and necessity the way we could. Here’s a bit of what I mean Want […]
In your mailbox soon!
Our annual holiday card! Just mailed out today! You’re support is so important to us – you make everything possible! Thank for another beuatiful year caring for our region’s orphaned and injured wild animals. It’s been a good one. It’s been a tough one. Please help if you can. DONATE
Young Raccoon Narrowly Evades Oily Death
Late on a Friday afternoon, a woman walking past a shuttered restaurant heard something that made her stop. Looking around she found the source – a large bin filled with old cooking oil – and also containing two juvenile raccoons. She called Humboldt Wildlife Care Center. Staff immediately was dispatched . On scene we found […]
New Wild Review vol 5 ep 2 Disaster Response and Everyday Living
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:08:14 — 78.1MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSOur latest episode of New Wild Review with guest Lucinda Adamson, Humboldt Wildlife Care Center’s Assistant Rehabilitation Manager.
Raptor Aviary FUNDING ACHIEVED!
Thanks to many donors, building our much needed raptor aviary is now underway! Many supporters contributed with donation since our call went out in August for help. Thank you so much. And very recently, Cal Poly Humboldt professor of marketing Dr. Sarita Ray Chaudhury, who put us over the finish line with a $5000 dollar […]