Sharon passed away a year ago Sunday. In her honor, Patti Stangel released a beautiful great-horned owl back into the wild Sunday night at a location near our home. We couldn’t release the owl in our woods because we do not have many trees left due to the tornado. I have been helping Patti by […]
Right now every day I am getting an increasing number of calls on baby song birds. I tell callers the most important action to take is to keep the babies warm. You can do that by filling a pop bottle with warm water or taking a hand warmer and putting it under the container in […]
Baby Huey, my great horned owl who came to me the size of a cantaloupe with a bunch of fuzz, is now the size of a watermelon. He has been discovering parts of his body. His wings now have a three feet wing span. When he is fully grown their span will be three and […]
I got in four pinky squirrel babies only two to three inches long with eyes and noses not yet formed. Their noses only were two holes through which to breathe. I started by making sure they were warm. That is most important for squirrel babies, keeping them warm. They can go for a while without […]
The best option for a wild animal is to learn normal behavior from members of its own species. Sights, sounds, and smells from people and domestic animals can highly stress a wild animal, potentially causing it harm or death. Wild animals have complex nutritional needs that are not easily met in captivity. Possessing, owning, controlling, […]
Baby bunnies are born with no scent. Mom feeds them in the morning, leaves for eight to ten hours, returns in the evening, and feeds them again. At the age of three weeks the babies get their scent, and Mom is done with them. She is off to have another litter, which she births every […]
When you see or get near a wild animal baby and do not see its mother around, realize that mothers are away from their babies much of the time, but a mother’s absence does not mean the baby has been abandoned. If you encounter this situation, the first action you need to do is nothing. […]
Keep wildlife in mind. Help them stay safe by following these suggestions. Rake cautiously; Clean gutters carefully; Move brush and leaf piles before burning; Check window wells often or install covers; Do not shut open doors. During the time that the doors were ajar, a squirrel could have built a nest inside and had babies. […]
I had a very sad week last week when I lost three Screech Owls, all due to poison. We humans set out poison to get rid of the rodents bothering us. Unfortunately, owls view these rodents as a meal. The owls don’t know which rodents were poisoned and that the rodents may be easier to […]