Pacific Wildlife Care's Current and Archived Newsletters

Spring 2021 Second Chance NL

Taking To The Air
Special Thank Yous
New Members
Windows into Wildlife
The Gift of Volunteering
Wildlife Releases
Wild at Heart at Home

Fall 2020 Second Chance NL

New Board Member
Fund-Our_Vet
Great Vlue Heron Release
New Members
President's Perch
Wildlife Releases

Summer 2020 Second Chance NL

Wildlife Releases
Unique Spring Rescue
IMO- Nancy Muenter
My New Life
New Members
New Board Member

Spring 2020 Second Chance NL

Releases
Soupabration 2019
Learning From Other Centers
Volunteer Stories
New Members
New RMD
In Memoriam

Fall 2019 Second Chance NL

Wildlife Releases
Oiled Sabine’s Gull
PWC Snapshots
Unique Rescue Story
New Members
Our New Rehab Tech
Avoid Taxes & Help PWC

Summer 2019 Second Chance NL

Our New Rehab Tech
Wildlife Releases
A Very Strange Case
Keeping Cats (& Birds) Safe
New Members
Spring Fling Photos
Community Outreach

Spring 2019 Second Chance NL

Spring Reminder
In Memory of Fiona
Soupabration!
New Members
Alice’s New Home
Annual Meeting Highlights
Releases

Fall 2018 Second Chance NL

What's an RMD?!
A Quail Tale
New Members
Welcome New Staff
Releases
Release Photos
Thank Yous

Summer 2018 Second Chance NL

PWC - Nonprofit of the Year - CA Senate District 17
A Strange Place To Be Stuck
Board Member Update
Central Coast Wildlife Festival Photos
Releases
Rabbit Rehab Challenges
PWC Sponsored SLOIFF Winner

Spring 2018 Second Chance Newsletter

Spring Reminder
AB1031 Legislation
Turkey Vulture Rescue
New Members
Bobcat Release Photos
Releases
Upcoming Central Coast Wildlife Festival

Fall 2017 Second Chance Newsletter

Year In Reflection
New Members
Summer Event Photos
Attn: Youth Filmmakers
Board Members Wanted
Releases
Special Thank Yous

Summer 2017 Second Chance NL

Time, Luck & Skills From Falconry
Save the date - Wild at Heart Benefit
Wild in the Plaza photos
New Members
Fish Waste Kills
Youth Art Challenge 2017
Releases & Special Thank Yous

Spring 2017 Second Chance Newsletter

Burrowing Owl: Case #16-2614
Spring Reminder
Skunk Rescue
Release Photos
Special Thank Yous, New Members, Releases
Wild in the Plaza
Soupabration 2016

Fall 2016 Second Chance Newsletter

Rescuing a Bald Eagle in 107 Degree Heat
In Memory of Jack
Gift Membership Offer
Subscribing Members
Pelagic Cormorant
Facility Upgrades
Soupabration! Fundraiser
New Members, Releases & Thanks Yous

Summer 2016 Second Chance Newsletter

Great Horned Owl Mother's Day Adventure
2016 Matching Funds
Releases
Melinda Alvarado - Stepping Back a Bit
Welcome New Staff
Website - New Look
New Members and Special Thank Yous

Spring 2016 Second Chance Newsletter

The "Red Shouldered Girl" In My Backyard
President's Perch
Save the Date: 8th Annual Windows into Wildlife
Matching Funds Available
Soupabration 2015-A fun and successful event
Important Message for Members
New Members, Releases, Special Thank Yous, and MORE!

Fall 2015 Second Chance Newsletter

Great Horned Owl Rescue
Center Director Hired
Ways to Support PWC
New Aviary + Upgrades
New Members, Releases, Special Thank Yous, and MORE!

Summer 2015 Second Chance Newsletter

It Takes a Village: Reuniting Ducklings with Mom
Windows into Wildlife Photos
PWC's First Employee
Welcome Interns
New Members, Releases, Special Thank Yous, and MORE!

Spring 2015 Second Chance Newsletter

Oiled Pelicans & Commitment - Nancy Aaron
Ready For Release
Most Unusual Rescue/Transport Yet!?
Spring Message
New Members, Releases, Special Thank Yous, and MORE!

Fall 2014 Second Chance Newsletter

Ancient Procedure - Allows 21st Century Hawk to Fly
Xena Remembered
Great News - 40K Matched!
PWC Makes Front Page News
New Members, Releases, Special Thank Yous, and MORE!

Pacific Wildlife Care

21 hours ago

Freedom Friday! This Anna’s Hummingbird came into our clinic very lethargic after being trapped indoors. She was given a formula designed for hummingbirds and warmed up. She then started to improve dramatically. After a day in our care, she was ready to go back to her wild home.
Hummingbirds are fascinating animals with even more fascinating metabolic demands. Their wings can flap around 70 times a second and their heart can beat over 1,000 times a minute. In order to sustain all of this, they need to eat almost every half hour which is why most people always see them feeding. In times when they can’t feed, like at night or during a storm, they will go into a state of torpor which is essentially an energy saving mode where their temperature drops and their metabolism decreases.
We wish this female hummingbird a second chance at life and many more nectar filled flowers. 🌸🌷🌺

Thank you to volunteer, JoAnn S., for releasing this bird and to Sarah R. for the video. 🙂

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That was great!

You all are amazing.

Is this the hummingbird from a Paso Robles winery vacation rental house?

So cute!🌸

Back you go, dear friend! 💚

Rhonda Sims

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Pacific Wildlife Care

2 days ago

If you have a travel trailer, horse trailer, boat, or camper please read this shared advice to help save nesting wildlife. 🐣 ... See MoreSee Less

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Pacific Wildlife Care

4 days ago

PWC has received several calls recently about a fox at Cloisters Park in Morro Bay. The Cloisters area is normal habitat for foxes. Grey foxes, especially the young ones, are curious and do not tend to have a great fear of people like other wildlife do.

PWC volunteers have checked on the fox and report that, other than the possibility of a mild case of mange, the fox appears healthy and is not currently in need of rescue by PWC.

Please do not engage with the fox in any way and avoid the fox if possible, in order to ensure wildlife stays wild and does not become habituated to humans which often has unintended negative consequences for wild animals.

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Yes! Please give it space! Our friendly fox was euthanized in Arroyo Grande. Leave them be.

All wildlife needs to be left alone! People keep doing stupid crap that ends up getting the animal killed! Let them be free and happy!

This means do not feed them for those that do!

What a beautiful creature ! Kinda looks like a cross between a dog & a cat !

Just leave it be.❤

The is photo of Fox someone posted. Does the mange go away on its own?

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Pacific Wildlife Care

1 week ago

Freedom Friday! A special wildlife release and story by one of our volunteers...

Extraordinary Hawk of an Extraordinary Age

On a cold winter morning, four PWC volunteers gathered at the edge of a field for a big event in the life of Red-tailed Hawk 2681: release back to the wild. We set down the carrier, opened the gate, and stood back, silent, excited, and tense. This bird was enormous, the 747 of hawks, and there wasn’t the slightest breeze to help with lift.

On arrival at PWC two months earlier, this bird was far from enormous. The gender couldn’t even be determined. At only 890 grams, was this a male or a very skinny female?

Another mystery: the federal band on the hawk’s leg. Following regulations, veterinarian Shannon Riggs reported the band information to the USGS Bird Banding Lab at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center through their website. The lab responded with information that the bird had hatched in Solano County in 1999. From then on, everyone at PWC referred to #2681 as “our elderly bird.” However, given the extraordinary age of the bird based on the band information, the lab was initially dubious about the correctness of the information provided. Official recognition of the band’s information as legitimate was received recently on March 19.

The bird was emaciated, severely dehydrated, and depressed. Test results revealed parasitism and and liver dysfunction, but little information about the cause of the bird’s poor health. With so little evidence, Dr. Riggs says, it’s “hard to know what’s right for the bird,” but it was important “to give the bird a chance.”

Two weeks later, after fluids, medications, a blood transfusion, and a healthy diet, the hawk was “still very thin” but “snippier,” Dr. Riggs reported. In a raptor, snippy is good.

Three weeks after that, the bird had gained weight and responded well to treatment. Dr. Riggs called in the Creance Team to check flight ability and provide conditioning. (The word creance, from French, refers to the line to which the bird is attached for exercise.) Now at 1,680 grams (clearly a female), Red-tailed Hawk 2681 would have been challenging to handle out on the exercise field if she hadn’t been so cooperative. On all ten flights in this session and two subsequent sessions, she flew beautifully, with strength and perfect form. Our elderly hawk was cleared for release.

On the cold, windless day of her release, she weighed 1,740 grams. The huge bird emerged from the carrier . . . and stumbled. There was a sharp intake of breath from four anxious humans. But then the bird planted herself firmly on the ground and paused before lifting off. She flew low across the open field. Nearing the far side, like a 747 reaching the end of a runway, she pulled up just in time—and rose to the top of the highest tree.

Story by Pam H.
Video by Morgan N. and Kathy S.

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I, too, recognized Pam's writing before I saw her name at the end. Pam isn't on FB, but I'll tell her we recognized her work!

Wow, 22 years old. Great job getting her back home.

interesting account.

Great post, thank you.

I could watch this on repeat all night!! May we all aspire to clear the tallest tree like a soulful 747, just as lucky RT 2681 has.

Amazing

Beautiful!!

Pam H.- I recognized your writer’s voice. Thank you for the wonderful story!

Just wonderful!

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1 week ago

We are thrilled to announce--with our friends at Oak and Otter Brewing Co.--a new brew starting in April: Keeping It Wild IPA! $2/pint will be donated to PWC to support our work to keep SLO County wildlife wild! Pouring now until the beer runs out. 🍻 Cheers! 🍻 ... See MoreSee Less