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An Ounce of Prevention…Check Trees Before Trimming
By California Council for Wildlife Rehabilitators Every year wildlife rehabilitators across the...
From the Archives: Meet the Flockers 2004
By Art O'Sullivan From the December 15-22, 2004 issue of Metro Santa Cruz....
Native Animal Rescue’s Owl Nest Box Program
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Meet Scarlet, our new educational ambassador
By Amy Redfeather [ngg src="galleries" ids="15" display="basic_slideshow" gallery_width="900"...
Fox Pays a Visit
By Marilyn DuHamel The local fox used to be brazen – a true vixen. Would match my longing for a...
Morning Brunch
By Marilyn DuHamel We all have our morning routines. My day begins with opening the blinds,...
Ask Monique: Hummingbird Orphans? Or not?
Dear Monique — We have a tiny hummingbird's nest in our backyard with two babies that hatched a...
Ask Monique: Fox in the Neighborhood
Dear Monique — My stepdaughter, Heidi, lives in a rural area, and a fox has taken up residence in...
Squirrels in the Attic? Pointers on Humane Wildlife Removal
This wonderful article describes one family's discovery about when and how to "evict" wildlife...
Was this fawn kidnapped?
ALERT: Every spring and summer, concerned people find and rescue fawns that seem to have been...
Offering Sanctuary To An Injured Adult Deer
By Tai Moses I glanced out my kitchen window (here are some more tips here that will be helpful to...
Hearing the Call of the Wildlife
Taking in wounded or sick wild animals - and rehabilitating them - is a labor of love for the...
I’d Walk 10 Miles for a Skunk
Since 1999, I’ve rehabilitated native wild mammals including hundreds of skunks. When I received a...
From Necessity to Love: A Raccoon Story
In the late spring of 2009, a raccoon had her litter under a riser in our garage. This wasn’t the...
Pelicans Make a Comeback
SANTA CRUZ — The bird lady of 17th Avenue ducks under Tibetan prayer flags and into a makeshift...
The Elusive Mountain Lion
Mountain lions (Felis concolor) are the largest native North American cat except for the slightly...
Living in Harmony with Bats
Bats are mammals, just like humans, which mean that all bats are warm-blooded, have fur, bear live...
Living with California Coyotes
The coyote is a member of the dog family and is native to California. They are one of the three...
Understanding Opossums
The Opossum is North America's only marsupial (female has a pouch) mammal. The female carries and...
Got Skunks?
You have a mother skunk and her babies living under your house or deck. What should you do...
Tree Squirrels
In the Spring and Summer, squirrels have already built their nests and are having their young. It...
The Amazing Swallow
Whenever we are feeling sorry for ourselves, because it is cold and raining, think of the...
Tips for Helping our Backyard Wildlife Babies
Spring is here and this is the time wild birds and mammals have their babies. The following are...
Understanding Deer
The California Mule deer and Black-Tailed Deer are closely related deer whose range covers much of...