featured image: Nesting Materials: They don’t die 22″ x 30″ ink, pencil, color pencil, china marker, collage on paper 2017, which was lost in the fire. It was 2004 when Laura Cors…

Thank you to everyone who played a role – no matter how small – in keeping our doors open all year and promoting peaceful coexistence with the Wild! You’re the tops! You’re …

On December 3 at Humboldt Wildlife Care Center/bird ally x, we were called about a Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) seen struggling alongside Table Bluff Road. Our rescue team arrived at the scene…

Thank you so much for your support over the years especially in 2025! This year has been extremely busy. Moreover, we are still rebuilding our facility after a sudden move nearly 3 years ago!Your s…

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After some unforeseen delays, we were able to begin putting up our new raptor aviary. Soon it will be soaring! Your support makes our work possible, including re-building our facility after our sud…

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A Really Big Day at Humboldt Wildlife Care Center/bird ally x!!! Thanks to the Oiled Wildlife Care Network, for over thirty years of responding to wildlife injured and displaced by oil spills! Than…

Look! A soundtrack! First feeding of the morning, 7:45 am. Your support means everything. We’ve already treated, cared for, raised and released 25 Swallows in 2025 (Barn, Violet-green, Cliff;…

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Pink mouth? Blue eyes? Yep that’s a baby crow! So adorable… Weight checks are a crucial part of baby care! In the aviary… Release evaluation! Flies like a champ! Ready to roll! Ou…

In care for about two weeks, eyes have opened and weighs almost 500 grams! Tube feeding a milk replacer… our Nursery in the dunes of Manila weight check day! getting big now! 4 raccoons getti…

New babies only a few days old Weight checks are a regular part of care In the aviary Duckweed is a blessing. Frightened by human care providers, the ducklings huddle in fear. Release evaluation da…

It’s rare that we admit orphaned baby bats at Humboldt Wildlife Care Center. We haven’t had any baby bats in care since 2017, but this June we admittted eight Little Brown Bats (Myotis …

it was a path to release that required paying attention. Out of the box, in the sun, no barriers in sight A young bird’s first real flight back … … to an extremely luxurious home.…

from intake exam through care to release to release Summer 2025 has been very busy – so far the busiest on record and this year! Humboldt Wildlife Care Center has treated over 1100 patients a…

Our latest podcast! In which the ways in which being a modern human who provides care for wild animals is nearly as deranged as a robot being wild.

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A 5 gram baby Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) whose nest fell. We tried to get the nest back up, but the parents had already left the site. Now the baby will be with us until old enough for release.…

A soundtrack to wild orphan season and our work… enjoy. It happens a lot. A duck’s eggs hatch and her precocial chicks must be led to water… and far too often, instead they are le…

A mom goes out for food. “I’ll be right back,” she tells her kids … but she doesn’t comes back. Her kids keep getting hungrier. Still, she doesn’t come back. Eve…

It’s a common expression: let nature takes its course – and we learn it while we ‘re young. It can be used in many ways, but in the end, what it always means is that the best outc…

A look at the “sport” of hunting crows. The Great Auk, buffalo herds coloring the plains – the Carolina Parakeet, species once so numerous that their wholesale slaughter happened …

Join us on New Wild Review for a conversation with Napa Wildlife Rescue’s Director of Animal Care and Operations, Linnaea Furlong. (please check out the awesome work of Napa Wildlife Rescue)A…

One thing that used to be true in the olden times was that seasonal events were predictable. Now the the youngsters today may find this hard to believe but naturalists from 30 years ago might&#8217…

Wild Baby Season is off to hectic start this year! If it was a competition (it isn’t!) we’d be in the lead for busiest year on record already! We’re currently running 18% above la…

Study using citizen data finds three-quarters of nearly 500 species in decline, with steepest trend in areas where they once thrived

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After 16 years of building our digital community of support, it’s time for us to reimagine and recreate a less toxic environment that reaches more people to secure the success of our mission!…

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Special to our website, HUmboildt WIldlife Cae Center’s Assistant Wildlife Rehabilitation Manager, Lucinda Adamson, tells the story of a pretty usual patient. Working at a wildlife rehabilita…

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Join us on New Wild Review for a conversation with Napa Wildlife Rescue’s Director of Animal Care and Operations, Linnaea Furlong. (please check out the awesome work of Napa Wildlife Rescue)A…

Join us on New Wild Review for a conversation with Napa Wildlife Rescue’s Director of Animal Care and Operations, Linnaea Furlong. (please check out the awesome work of Napa Wildlife Rescue)A…

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