Friday February 3rd from 11A.M. all day until 10P.M. PANDA EXPRESS on BEST AVE will be hosting a fundraiser for American Heritage Wildlife Foundation. Enjoy a great meal and 20% of the proceeds will benefit your local wildlife rehabilitation organization! Please go to our website to print out your flyer - this must accompany your order for our group to qualify.
Friday February 17th to kick start the Great Backyard Bird Count event we are giving a presentation at the Clark Fork Library 10 AM and the Sandpoint Library 1 PM. We will give general information of the common species you are most likely to see this time of year. This is a free event and we will have printouts of the data collection forms. The Great Backyard Bird Count information can be viewed at www.gbbc.birdsource.org.
AHWF is the only nonprofit organization in the panhandle of Idaho working with the injured and orphaned local wildlife. We also offer community education programs. Because our patients don't have pockets please help us continue our mission. AHWF.ORG Thank You for your support!
Monday, January 30, 2012
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Recovering Patients
The two patients recovering this winter with us are a male Raccoon and a Mourning Dove.
The dove had a broken wing that healed incorrectly but we were hopeful that it could adapt to re-learn how to fly. Progress has been made with lift, distance and landings. The wing is still not able to extend fully so we are looking for areas where other Doves that do not migrate. We plan a release in the spring. Currently the bird is being kept in our heated room animal infirmary and therapy is done daily.
The Raccoon is quite a character. Daily he is provided a variety of enrichment opportunities such as scents inside boxes suspended, or eggs inside tire swings, etc. He is kept in an very large enclosure that has limited exposure to humans. We want to keep him as wild as possible and make sure he does not get acclimated to humans. We are planning to release this spring near a fishing hole with lots of crawdads!
The dove had a broken wing that healed incorrectly but we were hopeful that it could adapt to re-learn how to fly. Progress has been made with lift, distance and landings. The wing is still not able to extend fully so we are looking for areas where other Doves that do not migrate. We plan a release in the spring. Currently the bird is being kept in our heated room animal infirmary and therapy is done daily.
The Raccoon is quite a character. Daily he is provided a variety of enrichment opportunities such as scents inside boxes suspended, or eggs inside tire swings, etc. He is kept in an very large enclosure that has limited exposure to humans. We want to keep him as wild as possible and make sure he does not get acclimated to humans. We are planning to release this spring near a fishing hole with lots of crawdads!
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