Animal Care Coordinator Jennifer Taylor Featured Photo • Kerry Reid In mid August we received a call from Provincetown about a duck in need of care. It was found stranded on the beach off of Commercial Street by a very concerned family. They had already correctly identified it as a Surf Scoter when they called Continue Reading
Adventures of a Volunteer • By Amy Sanders
One hot August day I shifted from feeding baby birds (who had grown big enough to be in the aviaries, and no longer hand fed), to feeding baby squirrels (2020 batch 2)…
August of 2020 was HOT—the hottest in 120 years of record keeping according to WBUR. I spent much of it in my studio. As you might remember from last month, I’ve been nursing a sore ankle bone (no clue as to why as is often the case as we age). Suffice it to say I’m not in the best shape I’ve ever been in when I get a call from Wild Care. There is a report of a badly injured gull on Ballston Beach (Ballston again too!). Could I possibly go?
Adventures of a Volunteer, By Amy Sanders July 30, 2020, I was sitting in my studio painting. Caring for my extremely old dog has occupied much of my time of late, and I had bowed out of field rescue for a bit when she became fearful of me leaving her side. Fearful in the extreme Continue Reading
By Jennifer Taylor, Animal Care Coordinator A couple of weeks ago Wild Care received a call about a snake they had unintentionally caught in a Hav A Heart trap. It was stuck between the bars and could not get out. To get an idea of the trap’s size we asked what they were hoping to catch. Continue Reading
By Jennifer Taylor, Animal Care Coordinator An unexpected adventure of trust started when a couple of friends visited a park in Arlington. They watched Eastern Kingbirds contentedly feeding their fledgling babies when suddenly other birds (we suspect Blue Jays) began making a big raucous around them. A young Kingbird was now alone on the ground Continue Reading
Stephanie Ellis, Executive Director Wild Care, Inc. 10 Smith Ln. Eastham, MA [email protected] • Website Download A Printable Document Bay Area Bird-Related Supplies and Nest Boxes: Los Gatos Birdwatcher (store), Los Gatos Bird-related supplies, including bird food, feeders, nesting and roosting boxes http://losgatosbirdwatcher.com *** Wildlife Rehabilitation Near You! Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley, San Jose: Continue Reading
Adventures of a Wild Care Volunteer, by Amy Sanders All of my tales, since I began writing for Wild Care, have been about animal contacts. It is true that I do regular shifts feeding baby birds, shifts feeding baby squirrels, field rescues for the Outer Cape, and have even embarked on doing talks with the Continue Reading
Adventures of a Volunteer By Amy Sanders Many calls that one receives as a volunteer field rescuer are easy. Well, not necessarily physically easy to carry out, but easy in that I know what to do. Once in a while though, a call comes through that is scary for me because I haven’t had the Continue Reading
By Jennifer Taylor. Animal Care Coordinator On March 20th, Wild Care staff called an unplanned meeting to address how we were to cope with the COVID-19 situation in anticipation of an Emergency Order from Governor Baker. We had a whirlwind of questions to face… Do we close? How do we take care of the current animals? Continue Reading
Help us to reduce the numbers of orphaned wildlife, by following these simple guidelines…
A Message from our Executive Director, March 26, 2020. Wild Care Friends. We hope you are all healthy and safe during this unsettling time. We want you all to know that during this time of uncertainty, Wild Care is here!
Adventures of a Wild Care Volunteer: “Squirrelly Times!” I’m sure you’d all agree; these are odd times indeed—unprecedented for all of us. “Social Distancing” (or more accurately, “physical distancing” affects everyone, even Wild Care…
By Jennifer Taylor, Animal Care Coordinator. It is only March, and already Wild Care has received 13 patients who have been hit by cars. Last year it was well over 100…
Wild Care raised over $42,000 to continue providing life-saving care for wildlife, including $12,000 for Wild Care’s upcoming Clinic and Education Center Expansion Project. Over 200 guests enjoyed the delightful live music of Bert Jackson and Scott Lariviere…
Not too long after I moved here year round in 1987, I took myself to the beach to watch the waves after a storm had passed…
The Shaw’s GIVE BACK WHERE IT COUNTS Reusable Bag Program is designed to make it easy for Shaw’s customers to contribute to their local community, while supporting the environment…
Last week we received some calls about a duck struggling under a dock near the Belmont in Harwich. It was caught on something and could not fly or swim away, and just kept circling around a piling…
When winter winds are blowing, that’s when we know Dovekies will be soon arriving at Wild Care’s door.
You may have seen stories about them in the paper when we receive large numbers of them and try to get them back out to the open ocean…
So, it’s a rainy, windy, nasty day in early December when I get a call from Wild Care. I pick up the phone, say “hello” and hear Jen’s voice saying “there’s a potential rescue”. “Aw, come on!” I say, “Who the heck is out in this weather to even see an animal!?”
Eastern Gray Squirrels typically have two litters per year, in March and August, sometimes three! We have received neonatal Eastern Gray Squirrels at Wild Care as early as Feb. 10th one year, though most of our squirrel babies from the first litter of the year arrive in March. PLEASE HELP US TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF Continue Reading
On Friday, January 3, Wild Care received 14 trees from Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) of Cape Cod’s Hospice “Tree of Memories” program. The trees will be used to fill Wild Care’s raptor and songbird aviaries to provide enrichment for recovering sick and injured wildlife.
Hundreds of millions of birds are killed each year by colliding with windows. You might assume the leading culprit is tall buildings, but in fact our homes account for the greatest number of fatalities.
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Wild Care has a state-of-the-art seabird therapy pool, which allows seabirds and waterfowl to exercise on running water. This will help our bird friends recover more quickly so they can get back to their watery habitats!
