Tag: werc
Injured Barn Owl Needs Clear Forecast to Fly
"Raindrops keep fallin' on my head" … and keep fallin' and fallin'.  This barn owl wishes the April showers would let up just for a few days. She's been biding her time for more than a month, waiting to be released back to the wild. If the rain doesn't stop soon, she may need to hitch a ride with Noah.
Pygmy Owl Loses Partial Sight but Gains New Home
Predators. In North America, usually what comes to mind is some
W.E.R.C. animal of the month: Red-Tailed Hawk Nursed Back to Health
The animal patients arriving at the Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center range from those needing "outpatient care," such as a small bird that perhaps flew into a window and suffered a minor concussion, to orphaned babies that require weeks or months to mature, to severely injured animals that need acute care and remain in our sanctuary for a long period of recuperation and treatment. All of these animals require dedication and expertise from W.E.R.C.'s staff and volunteers, but the long-term patients require the animal equivalent of a convalescent home.
WERC Animal of the Month: Great Horned Owls
First there was Nanny 911, then came SuperNanny, and now, here
California quail babies find temporary home without mother
Why did the quail cross the road? Perhaps they were rousted from
Red-tailed hawk with injured wing and tail is getting better
The Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center has an
Helping a baby opossum survive
It was an all-too-common urban situation: On May 8, a dead opossum was found by the side of the road in Morgan Hill. The Good Samaritan who stopped to check on the animal discovered that eight of its babies were dead, but found the ninth alive, though just barely, and still clinging to its mother.
