The mayor of Walnut Creek has declared this the “year of the volunteer” and asked the city’s cable TV station to do a series of videos on volunteering. Lindsay Wildlife Museum was chosen as the first organization to be featured. We asked Gemma Niermann, one of our veteran volunteers who lives in the city, to [...]
Archive for January, 2011
13 Jan
News from Wildlife Rehabilitation
by Susan Heckly, Wildlife Rehabilitation Director Curious about the animals we received in 2010? We received 5451 animals: 4078 birds, 1263 mammals, 98 reptiles and 10 amphibians. The most numerous species were house finch (551), fox squirrel (475), mourning dove (432), mallard (367), opossum (297), western scrub-jay (208) and California towhee (160). Most of the [...]
7 Jan
Safely Dispose of Trash
by Trish Orlowski, Wildlife Rehabilitation Supervisor A young man called the wildlife hospital two weeks ago to ask for advice regarding an adult fox squirrel in his yard. The squirrel had gotten its head stuck in a yogurt cup! Staff advised the gentleman on how to capture the squirrel and he was able to bring [...]
