I have a personal story that I would like to share with you. One day I received a call from a young girl who had found an injured bird in her backyard. I asked her to bring it in, but she couldn’t since she was too young to drive and her father refused to. She […]
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Whole Foods Co-op Program to Benefit Wildwoods!
The Whole Foods Co-op in Duluth, MN will be asking its customers to “Round Up” their purchases in December to benefit Wildwoods. All you need to do to help save wildlife is visit one of their two locations in Duluth (Hillside, 610 E 4th Street Duluth, MN 55805 or Denfeld, 4426 Grand Avenue Duluth, MN 55807) and […]
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Wildlife rehabilitation does not exist without teamwork
A juvenile Bald Eagle was discovered dangling upside down from a power line. He was caught in a rural part of Madeline Island, part of the Apostle Island chain in Wisconsin. The area doesn’t receive much traffic so we couldn’t be sure how long he had been trapped before he was discovered.
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We are going to attempt to re-unite “Hooty” with his parents later today. He’s doing well, but really needs his mom and dad so he can learn from the best how to be an owl. Here’s a video of him eating a chunk of meat (we mostly feed bits of whole rodent–skin, bone, and […]
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This loon was found grounded on the side of Becks Road. She likely crash-landed due either to wind, or because she thought that the wet asphalt was a river. Loons and grebes have legs placed far back on their bodies, which is great for diving and swimming underwater to chase fish, but hopeless for […]
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