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It's Fall! friends and family are heading back home after enjoying the sun and surf of another Cape Cod summer. As you take in the quiet time and cooler temperatures remember that now is the time to prevent a different type of houseguest from spending the winter with you. A little preventative work now will go a long way towards stopping animals from making your home their winter nesting place. Go around the foundation of your home and seal up any large spaces, fill in smaller spots with steel wool, and eliminate food sources that may attract rodents. I can’t stress enough the harmful impact rodenticides have on our wildlife . There are alternative methods.
Check out our web resource page of Humane Rodent Control Solutions. The key to reducing rodent populations long term includes exclusion, deterrents and eliminating the attractants. A little effort up front will provide a whole lot of effectiveness long term.
Thank you for caring about all of our wild creatures.
Stephanie Ellis
Executive Director
PHOTO Karen Eldridge
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UPCOMING FALL WILDLIFE TALKS | | |
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Wild Care’s Stephanie Ellis Will Host Local Talks
About Wildlife This Fall
Join Wild Care's Director Stephanie Ellis for some interesting and informative talks all about wildlife. Learn some great tips for coexisting with coyotes and other wildlife, follow the story of Osprey chicks from eggs to wild fostering, and take a photo journey to the magical Galapagos Islands!
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Wild Care to be Featured on New TV Show Coming This Fall | | |
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Wild Care is thrilled to be featured on a new TV show coming out this fall on the Local Boston network - "Coastal Lifestyle Cape Cod and The Islands"! The show will showcase "the hidden gems and distinctive lifestyle of our region", from the pages of Cape Cod and The Islands Magazine. It was so much fun to spend the day with animal lovers Sarah Lapsley Martin, Eric Brus-Akdemir, Publisher and Creative Director, Cape Cod and The Islands Magazine, and Matt of The Goose Creative Media! Date and time of airing coming soon… | |
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Snapping Turtle May Spend the Winter at Wild Care
This gorgeous Common Snapping Turtle came to us a few months ago after being hit by a car in Orleans. The turtle suffered a shell fracture that was repaired by Jennifer Taylor, our Animal Care Coordinator, using beeswax and aluminum tape. This turtle, nicknamed "Julia", is healing well and has captured all of our hearts with her charisma and beauty. Reptiles have a slower metabolism and healing process than a mammal or bird., so she may be with us for the winter, to be released next spring. (Julia is likely over 30 years old.)
Watch Julia, and learn about Snapping Turtles in the above video.
The sponsorship and winter care of this beautiful Snapping Turtle named Julia were made by Julie Silva in loving memory of her father Andrew Petite. Julie’s dad had a unique fondness for turtles so she was excited for the opportunity to help with the turtle's care. Julia was also her dad’s mother’s name. “It is all meant to be” said Julie.
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Juvenile Fish Crow
Rescued from Restaurant
Chimney Released
This lucky juvenile Fish Crow was found in the second floor chimney of the Bookstore and Restaurant on July 30th. The bird was dehydrated and could barely stand. It was rehabilitated by our staff and then went into pre-release care with Kerry Reid, our Corvid Specialist and Wildlife Rehabilitator. The bird made a full recovery and was just released back in Wellfleet after over a month of care.
Watch the release of this beautiful bird in the video above.
LEARN more about Fish Crows
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Our Patients Can Breath Easier Thanks to You!
A few days ago we put out a call for donations to help us replace one of our Oxygen concentrators. Oxygen is a critically important part of treatment of our wildlife patients suffering from shock, head trauma, respiratory illness, smoke inhalation and more. A generous donor offered to MATCH $1,000 towards a new one. With the accessories and shipping, the cost is just under $2,000. Thanks to you, we've raised $1,070 towards a new 02 concentrator, and have met our $1,000 match. The outpouring of support for our work is ASTOUNDING. We have no words, except... THANK YOU!!!
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Lights Out for Migrating Birds - What You Can Do to Help
Each year billions of birds head south in the fall flying at night. Bright lights can confuse birds and throw off their migration paths. Learn more about the simple things you can do to help provide safe passage for night-migrating birds. PHOTO Carl Jacobs
National Audubon Society - Lights Out Program
Bird Migration Forecast Map
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Wild Care Receives Eversource Community Impact Grant Award
Wild Care is proud to share that we have been recognized by Eversource MA with a $2,500 Community Impact Grant award! Eversource selected Wild Care for the work we do providing education and outreach programming on Cape Cod and beyond. We love connecting with our community to build a better understanding of how to co-exist with wildlife and reduce the amount of animals impacted by human activity. This year, Wild Care has provided nearly 40 educational programs for schools, community centers, churches, private groups, nonprofit organizations and more.
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Baby Turtles are Hatching Now
It is turtle hatching season! Be on the lookout for these little hatchlings emerging and making their way towards their new habitats. If you find a hatchling turtle, don't move it, and don't place it in water! Place it under leaf litter in the location where it was found.
If you spot an adult or hatchling turtle in the road and it is safe to do so, pick it up and carry it to the side of the road in the direction it is heading. Please do not place them in water, and never relocate or take a turtle home with you.
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Meet Dracula the Great Horned Owl
at a Family Fun Halloween Party
Garv and his friends are having a family-fun Halloween party at Wild Care on Saturday, October 26th from 5:30 til 7:30pm! This not-at-all-scary fall celebration will feature a Great Horned Owl named Dracula, a stunning Raven named Dova, a visit from Garv, your party host, and a few other animal guests. There will be a costume contest, children’s games, crafts, goodies and more!
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Wild Care Joins Eastham’s Windmill Weekend Celebration on the Green
Wild Care took part in Eastham’s Windmill Weekend celebration. For the past 47 years, this beloved event has been a way to celebrate the conclusion of the summer season, and to welcome back a slower pace of life. Thank you to volunteers Elaine Messina, Lynn O’Connell, Karen Boujoukos, Rachel Kirchgessner and Thayne Cameron for coming out to help with Wild Care’s booth on the Green.
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Fun Facts and Everything Ducks
at the Annual
Rubber Duck Regatta
Did you know that ducks can yodel, and that they never get cold feet? Wild Care shared some fun facts about ducks with guests at Dennis Conservation Land Trust’s annual Rubber Duck Regatta at the West Dennis Yacht Club. Thank you to volunteers Lynn Adams and Diane Midura for helping out! We had fun playing games, and talking about ducks with all the kiddos!
Check out Wild Care’s
Fun Facts About Ducks
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Guests of the 15th Annual
Wildlife Festival Make Animal Rescue Boxes
With Wild Care
Wild Care and members of the Cape Cod Wildlife Collaborative spent a beautiful day at Mass Audubon’s Wildlife Festival on Saturday, September 14th. We enjoyed meeting everyone that stopped to talk with us about wildlife, and make Animal Rescue Boxes with us. Thank you to volunteers Lynn Adams, Linda Zimmerman, and Eva Posner for being the smiling faces at the Wild Care booth!
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We are always looking for friendly faces to volunteer with us at local events. If you would like to help Wild Care, and enjoy connecting with people of all ages in the community, talking about wildlife and Wild Care at fun events around Cape Cod, LEARN MORE HERE
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Check out our Amazon and Chewy WISH LISTS and donate much
needed supplies to help the animals being cared for at Wild Care.
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