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Golden Eagle Ready for Release

By admin | March 12, 2016 |

Morro Bay, CA, February 9, 2014. Pacific Wildlife Care (PWC) plans to release a Golden Eagle on Wednesday or Thursday that was rescued in between Atascadero and Templeton in mid-September. The bird was rescued by a member of the public after being found unable to fly, likely after being hit by a car. The eagle…

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2 weeks ago

These baby opossums have a second chance at life! Their mom was, unfortunately, killed by a car but these babies survived protected in her pouch. They are doing well and learning to take formula from a syringe.

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2 weeks ago

Guess the animal! What animal do you think this is? 🙂

*We will give out the answer on Friday in the comments section.

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Great guesses! This one was a bit of a challenge because it is a young bird with down feathers and a short tail. This picture is of a recent female American Kestrel patient. Kestrel males and females look different... males are more gray with black markings on the wings and females look like the pictures posted here. 🙂

Colors tell me raptor, down says newly fledged or near fledging. The problem is the feather patterns of the tail don't show up in the field guides, which often are poor for helping to ID baby birds. Short tail..I'm guessing merlin.

I'm also thinking kestrel.

Baby American kestrel.

Looks like a kestrel or maybe a merlin?

Kestrel fledgling

Beautiful

Kestrel?

kestrel?

Baby hawk

baby redtail?

Bird

hawk

Hawk

Owl

American Kestrel. Female I think

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Pacific Wildlife Care

2 weeks ago

If you find wildlife in distress call a licensed wildlife rehabber immediately! Even holding on to an animal for just a day or two can cause irreversible damage and hinder a potential successful release. Thank you!

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2 weeks ago

Almost ready for release! This Western Gray Squirrel has been through a lot in her young, short life. She came into the clinic in the beginning of June with her eyes just opened. A cat had removed her from the nest and killed her sibling. It was too risky to try to reunite her with her mom for fear she would suffer the same fate as her sibling. So she has grown up in our care and is now in an outside pre-release cage. We love our kitty friends but please keep your cats indoors or at least in a catio space. It is safer for them (they won’t get hit by cars, lost, or get diseases) and it’s safer for wildlife too! Win-win!

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Lightning Boyd catio is 14'x14'.. A nice size to keep cat safe.

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4 weeks ago

Video of our local wildlife! ❤️ If you’re ever in Morro Bay, these White Pelicans are usually easy to spot from a kayak. They are huge birds weighing on average of 14 pounds with an 8 foot wingspan.

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It's a white pelican party! White pelicans, unlike brown pelicans, do not dive for their food. They cooperate to surround fish in shallow water, scooping them into their pouches. A much more gentle lifestyle! This group spends much of the year on Morro Bay, heading inland to freshwater only to nest and raise their young before coming back to the estuary. ... See MoreSee Less

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Beautiful!

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