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’ […]
On Friday, July 26th a California Department of Fish and Wildlife Services biologist brought an endangered California Condor into PWC’s clinic. This was the first time an endangered Condor had come to us for treatment. The bird who arrived was a 3-year-old juvenile with an orange wing tag, number 87 (The actual number is #1087). […]
Spring is turning to summer, and the demands of the Baby Bird Program (BBP) are intensifying. At the hub of the activity is the Baby Bird Room (BBR), a “nursery” or “orphanage” for altricial birds, who grow quickly but hatch unfeathered, with closed eyes, and unable to self-feed. (Precocial birds, such as ducks and shorebirds, […]
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