Today Laura Jordan of Medina Raptor Center and Fran Kitchen of Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation, Inc. presented Dr. Riggs and Metropolitan Veterinary Hospital with this beautiful carving of a Heron for all the work that they do for wildlife.
Last year, a call came in that an Osprey nest had come down with three young birds. They were almost old enough to take first flight. We had gotten so much rain that the nest was saturated with water and it broke loose from its resting place in the tree. Osprey nest high in the…
I’ve said it many times before and I’ll say it again: 85% of the baby animals picked up ARE NOT ORPHANED and should have been LEFT ALONE. Mom usually is not far away. Below are some of the most common things that people DO WRONG when they find an animal and what’s THE RIGHT thing…
Back in the early 70’s, I received a call from my sister-in-law, Sandy who was at work in a factory located in Barberton. They found a baby bird and was afraid it wouldn’t make it until the workday ended without any help. I was on the case! I immediately drove to the factory thinking that…
It was one of those crazy winter days that we had first been handed a lot of snow, only to be followed by at least three hours of freezing rain and then more snow. Two days later, a phone call came in about a beaver. The night before, the young man had come home and…
This week, I wanted to address an important upcoming event… BABY SEASON!!!! It will be here before I know it, especially with the unseasonably warm weather that we are having. Baby season is my busiest season by far and recently, that season has started earlier and lasted longer than ever. (That is a whole different…