Support the Wildcare Foundation

You can visit their site here: http://www.wildcareoklahoma.org/

We are of a mind to take only memories and photographs and leave only footprints. But once in a while we find a a wounded animal or an orphaned baby. We aren't qualified or licensed to care for wild animals or birds, so we take these creatures to the wildcare foundation where they can be cared for properly, and hopefully rehabilitated so that they can be returned to the wild where they belong.

Whenever we take an animal to this place, we do our best to make a donation to help cover the cost of care of that animal. So far we have taken blue jays, turtles, kites, and cotton tails to this center over time. But they care for so many more animals like opossums, skunks, racoons, coyotes, owls, snakes, lizards. Anything you find in the wild, they have probably cared for that animal.

This year Wildcare has taken in many more animals due to the extreme drought these past two years. We are grateful to them for all their hard work in preserving the wild.

Posted on September 3, 2012 05:00 PM by greenmother greenmother

Observations

Photos / Sounds

What

Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis)

Observer

greenmother

Date

September 1, 2012

Description

Mississippi Kite visits a wildlife rehab center. The annual kite release was taking place. This is where hundreds of orphaned kites rescued during the drought are released as juveniles so that they can migrate to S. America with the wild adults. Many kites jumped out of their nests during the extreme heat and were found by people lying in or near sprinklers or on roadsides.
This has happened two years in a row with the drought:
http://www.news9.com/story/15206031/oklahoma-heat-wave-baking-baby-birds?clienttype=printable
and
http://www.okcfox.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kokh_vid_6666.shtml

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