Winter and Bats
This winter has been harsh for a lot of critters, especially our native bats! These two Silver-haired Bats are in a hibernaculum, where...
How to Heal the Hummingbirds in Winter
With the first big cold snap of the winter season, we'd like everybody to be aware of how dangerous the cold can be for our only...
Who Does This!
A woman was driving behind a pickup truck the other day when she saw it suddenly swerve onto the shoulder, return to its lane, and keep...
Grounded on the Tarmac at Seatac
Rainy weather brings some challenges for birds that fly at night. The pavement, often a dark color, is wet and in the moonlight it looks...
Volunteer Voices: A Douglas' Squirrel Gets to Go Home
In Edgewood, near a beautiful wooded area rich with Douglas fir trees, I recently released a female Douglas’ Squirrel. She’d been...
Going the Extra Mile to Help a Barred Owl
Some time ago, we received a call from Ashley at the Auburn Pep Boys to let us know that an owl was caught on razor wire (that was also...
Good News Story: A Northern Flicker Nicknamed “Butterball”
She was a young Northern Flicker, just a fledgling. (A fledgling is a baby bird that has recently left the nest.) Because she was so...
A Happy Ending for Orphaned Opossums
Life isn’t always just a bowl of cherries…sometimes it can be tragic. Our ER room is full of life and death but sometimes there are other...
Adult Cottontail Gets a Second Chance at Life
This is an Eastern Cottontail that was hit by a car and had a bad wound on his rear leg. With our veterinary and rehabilitative...
Touchy, Feely, Amazing Raccoon Hands
You’ve probably seen raccoons dunk their food in water and then roll it between their hands. Despite how it looks, they’re not washing...
