The hospital received 35 animals last week, bringing the total for this year to 5371. One of the peregrine falcons we received last year after being shot was released Monday. “Haya” has been in care since June 2011. For the past ten months she has been with a licensed falconer where she regained her strength and skills. It was exciting…
The hospital received 38 animals last week, bringing the total to 5336 for this year. Eight of the patients were birds that suffered trauma after hitting windows. If birds repeatedly hit specific windows in your home, cover those windows with netting or hang Mylar ribbon strips every 6 inches. Both techniques will make the window more obvious and should prevent…
The hospital received 32 animals last week, bringing the total to 5298 for this year. Fourteen of the patients (over 40%) were caught by cats before being brought in. Please help us save wildlife by keeping your cat indoors.
The hospital received 49 animals last week, bringing the total to 5266 for this year. Twelve of the patients were birds that hit windows. Birds fly into windows usually because they see the reflection of shrubs and trees. If you have a window that birds hit, hang streamers or ribbon on the outside to make it more obvious. If that…
The hospital received 39 animals last week, bringing the total for this year to 5217. Many of the winter migrant birds are back and unfortunately running into problems. Five hermit thrushes, three cedar waxwings, two fox sparrows, two pine siskins, a gold-crowned sparrow and a white-crowned sparrow were all admitted to the hospital. If you put out food for birds…
The hospital received 38 animals last week, bringing the total for this year to 5149. Nine of the patients, including two Lincoln’s sparrows (not a common species), two hermit thrushes and a western fence lizard, were caught by cats. According American Bird Conservancy (http://www.abcbirds.org/abcprograms/policy/cats/index.html), cats kill hundreds of millions of birds and over a billion small mammals each year in…
The hospital received 40 animals last week, bringing the total to 5111 for this year. One of the patients was a sharp-tailed snake that had been caught by a cat. Sharp-tailed snakes are very small–this one was about 6″ long. They eat slugs, slug eggs and slender salamanders. Unfortunately, this snake did not survive because of its injuries. Please keep…
The hospital received 53 animals last week, bringing the total to 5071 for this year. One of the patients was a rattlesnake that was found tangled in garden netting. Unfortunately, it did not survive after being cut out of the netting. Now that it is time to put our summer gardens to bed, it is important to make sure you…
The hospital received 54 animals last week, bringing the total for this year to 5018. We are seeing the changing of seasons in the hospital. We received three yellow warblers and a Swainson’s thrush, all of which are summer visitors and are getting ready to migrate south. We also received a fox sparrow, which is a winter visitor that recently…
The hospital received 72 animals last week, bringing the total for this year to 4964. West Nile virus continues to be a concern, with more birds and squirrels testing positive in the Bay Area this week. Make sure you drain any puddles of water in your yard to reduce mosquito populations. It takes only a couple of tablespoons of water…