The multi-episode saga of RTHA 24-1516 had all the dangers and plot twists of a summer blockbuster. The nestling hawk gained avian celebrity status in SLO County when he was taken to a bald eagle nest by one of the adults, presumably as food for their two eaglets. Against all odds, the hawk survived. In […]
The story of Golden Eagle 24-1834 was a medical mystery full of clues, detective work, challenges, and one red herring. When Rescue/Transport volunteer Piper Barnard got the call about a golden eagle on the ground, she and a friend staying with her rushed to Santa Margarita. They found the eagle in a “kind of populated […]
“Charming” is not a word used in wildlife rehabilitation, but everyone was secretly charmed by American Badger 24-936. More precisely, everyone was charmed by just the idea of this badger, since few folks at the clinic except for staff ever caught a glimpse of him.
In the sweltering July heat, baby Mexican Free-tailed Bats dropped to the ground like unripe fruit. These tiny mammals need warmth but not temperatures well over 105 degrees. For days in Bakersfield, it reached 120. As the temperatures soared, biologist Brooke Stutz and bat biologist Erika Noel knew to search the ground under the bats’ […]
In May 2023, rehabilitated Brown Pelican 23-757 became the first ever pelican to be fitted with a promising new tracking device, just before release back to the wild — and in doing so made quiet history.
For a while this season, PWC turned into “Grebe Town.” Western and Clark’s Grebes filled the treatment room, carriers, drying pens, seabird room, and outdoor pools. Admitted by the dozens, all were dehydrated, most emaciated and weak, and many storm-tossed or oiled—usually due to natural seep from the ocean floor. Some had crash-landed on parking […]
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