Main Office: 541-230-1220 | Wildlife Hotline: 541-745-5324 | Intake Hours: 9:00 am - 4:oo pm Please call Wildlife Hotline before bringing in an animal
Main Office: 541-230-1220 | Wildlife Hotline: 541-745-5324 | Intake Hours: 9:00 am - 4:oo pm Please call Wildlife Hotline before bringing in an animal
Most of the time, our patients are brought to us in a small shoe box or a little crate. Songbirds, small mammals, and even owls are usually scooped up by a caring passerby and brought to us, ready for examination…
Have you ever wondered what happens when our clinic receives a baby owl? Baby owls fall from their nests for a variety of reasons, and oftentimes the finder isn’t sure if the baby is injured or orphaned. They bring us…
With “Art Is Wild” right around the corner, we’ve got all things art on our minds! Art Is Wild is our biggest fundraising event of the year – it’s a magical evening filled with delicious hors d’oeuvres, drinks, beautiful art,…
Oftentimes owls are seen as elusive, night-hunting birds that we know little about. It’s a special treat to spy one sleeping in a tree or flying in the evening. Wildlife photographers have their secret spots they frequent in the hopes…
The majority of our blogs are written from the perspective of patient caregiver or community educator. We describe patients and their condition, or explain various ways we should (or shouldn’t) interact with wildlife – particularly as it relates to urban…
Whether you live in the suburbs or on ten acres, you have probably encountered wildlife at some point. Perhaps it was a hawk perched on a fence in the distance or a doe and her fawn trotting across the road…
Friday night volunteer and Shift Leader, Claudia Benfield, writes about the variety of patients she encounters during one of her shifts: I started my shift trying to find an injured Great Blue Heron that had been hanging around for a…
You may have heard the term “busy season” thrown around before, particularly if you’ve called into Chintimini Wildlife Center’s clinic anytime between early spring and late fall. Have you ever wondered what it really meant though? Many people experience a…
Many bird enthusiasts get their first interactions with birds by feeding the ducks and geese at local ponds. Knowing how to provide them with healthy diets will not only be beneficial to local waterfowl populations, it will also allow future…
Every year CWC offers volunteers a chance to gain hands-on experience with additional training beyond what they normally encounter on shift. Considered a “beyond the basics” course, volunteers practice performing initial examinations, administering subcutaneous fluids, tube feeding, and wing wraps…