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Wishing you Happy Holidays
from our Wild Care family to yours.
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Pictured from left back: Leah Myrbeck, Jennifer Taylor, Amy Sanders, Eva Carbonaro, Kerry Reid
Front from left: Chelsea Peck, Stephanie Ellis, and Gionet Hasson
| | | | Giving Tuesday Donations are a Wild Success! | |
Goodness, we have no words. Thanks to your generosity we greatly exceeded our Giving Tuesday fundraising goal! Your donations totaled $28,080 which includes a $2,500 matching donation, and an anonymous $10,000 from a generous donor! These funds will go a long way towards helping to care for our wildlife patients.
Thank you for your generosity
and thoughtful notes!
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Herring Gull Recovering from Foot Injury with the Help of a Feathered Friend
This sweet Herring Gull came to us in November from Yarmouth Port. We believe it was exposed to some kind of chemical that caused blisters/peeling on it’s feet. He is healing nicely, and new skin has now grown in, but he developed a bumble on his toe so we wrapped both feet to keep them even.
The healing process has been a little easier with the help of another gull. These two Herring Gulls became fast friends in Wild Care’s elliptical aviary and enjoy pool time together. Gulls are very social animals, and having a buddy is helping these sweet birds get stronger and ready for release together every day!
Photo and Video: Leah Myrbeck
| | Snowy Owls are Here - Here's How to View Them Safely | | |
Winter on Cape Cod brings with it the return of Snowy Owls. These magnificent birds are such a spectacular sight along the many coastal areas that they can create quite a frenzy of people trying to get a close up look or perfect photo. While viewing Snowy Owls it’s important to be respectful of them, give them some distance, and if you post photos, please don’t disclose the location to avoid a rush of owl paparazzi.
Visit Wild Care’s Snowy Owl web page to get some great facts about Snowy Owls, tips on how to view them safely, learn more about studies being done to protect them, and watch Lower Cape TV’s video of Athena, the Snowy Owl rescued, rehabbed, and released by Wild Care in February 2022.
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Cute and Cozy, This Little Opossum is
Both This Winter
We can't blame this sweet little Virginia Opossum for wanting to stay snuggled up under the blankets this winter! This opossum came from Osterville. He has trouble walking likely due to spinal/head trauma. He is slowly improving and loves to cuddle up in his blankets!
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Cedar Waxwing Recovers From
Window Strike
This beautiful Cedar Waxwing recovered from a window strike in Harwich. It spent the night in oxygen and was much brighter the next day!
PHOTOS Leah Myrbeck
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Black Scoter Released
This sub-adult male Black Scoter was found stranded and not waterproof. After receiving supportive care and spending time in our seabird pools, he was on his way. We watched him dive underwater upon release. A sure sign he was feeling good!
Black Scoters are a type of sea duck that winter on Cape Cod. They form rafts off of Nauset Beach and many other locations on the coast of Cape Cod sometimes with White-winged and Surf Scoters. We release them in calm waters that are just a short flight away from where he will eventually join the other birds.
More about Black Scoters
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VIDEO Leah Myrbeck
PHOTO Kerry Reid (archives)
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And the Lucky Holiday
Basket Winner is...
Congratulations to Janet Soja, the lucky winner of our fabulous holiday basket! This beautiful basket is full of incredible prizes from Birdwatchers General Store, Chatham Candle Company, Snow's, The Sparrow Store, Snowy Owl Coffee Roasters. Corner Store, Oceana, Dune Jewelry, Oceanair Himalayan Salt Cave, and Corner Store, Orleans.
We hope you enjoy your prize Janet! Thank you to our generous donors, and everyone that entered. You helped raise $2,260 for wildlife!
| | | | Wild Care is Thankful for our Community | | |
Bird Watcher's
General Store Hosts Wild Care Day on
Shop Small Saturday
It was a full house at the Bird Watcher's General Store on Shop Small Saturday! Guests enjoyed a meet and greet with Up Up, Wild Care's Animal Ambassador Eastern Screech Owl, and talking with Wild Care about wildlife while they shopped local for the holidays.
Thank you Mike O'Connor and the crew at "Birdland" for hosting us, and for all the support year-round!
Photo L: Casey, Mike and Liz at BWGS, and Kerry and Judy at Wild Care's table
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Did you know? Every time you shop at Bird Watchers General Store and don't ask for a bag, they donate 25 cents to Wild Care? It really adds up!
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Nauset High School Students Create Wildlife Jewelry
for Wild Care
The students of Jody Craven's Independent Learning Jewelry Making Class at Nauset Regional High School designed, created and donated one-of-a-kind necklaces, earrings, and pins to Wild Care as part of a class project. Each piece was inspired by their love and respect of wildlife with a desire to make a difference. Thank you to Jody and his talented students for this amazing gift!
| STUDENTS: Jake Baerga, Maren Dewitt, Cali Wotherspoon, Sophia Quinton, Maddie Bartleman, Emilia Roberts, Alex Mince, Aidan Pernal, Lola Crisp, Caleb Mclaughlin, Griffin Krum,, Jess Francis, Mathew Breda, Jordan Nye, Sam Mayhew, Blake Harris, Owen Everson, Molly Archer, Ethan Garganigo, Delaney Kavanaugh, Will Christopher, Andrew Reeves, Steve Pechonis, Mataya Valli, Kiera Tangeman, Colin Potter | | | |
Wildlife Gingerbread Party was a Fun Way to Celebrate Wildlife and the Holiday Season
Oh what fun we had kicking off the holiday season with everyone at our Wildlife Gingerbread House Workshop! We saw so many creative designs for very lucky birds and other wildlife to enjoy!
Thank you to our event sponsor Beach road muscular therapy massage, and a generous anonymous sponsor. Thank you to the Bird Watcher's General Store, Wild Birds Unlimited of South Yarmouth, MA, Annie's Crannies, Stop & Shop, and Market Basket for donating supplies and goodies.
Special thanks to Town Cove Taps and Grant Soboleski, Facepainting by Andrea Bogomolni, Volunteers: Lynn Adams, Judy Bullard, Alexandra Carroll, Chris Kelly, Panny Lengas, Kristen Mansur, Susan Ellis, Steve Carbonaro, and Leslie McCarthy.
Watch video highlights above to see some of the creative houses!
| | | PHOTO - Hollie Danhauser with Director Stephanie Ellis and Garv | PHOTO - Wild Care Friend and Volunteer Linda Reed | |
Holiday Bonus Bucket Bags are a Sell Out
The response to Wild Care’s Bonus Holiday Bucket Bag Campaign was incredible! We sold out of all 30 bags within days and received over $2,500 in donations! These beautiful bags were made for us from recycled sailcloth by The Barnstable Bag Lady, Marti Gruhn.
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Wild Care Staff Make Gingerbread Houses
for Wildlife at Annual
Holiday Celebration
Gingerbread houses are a fun way to get crafty during the holiday season. At Wild Care we love to share that holiday spirit with our wildlife friends. Seeds, nuts, berries, suet, fruit, and peanut butter mixed with evergreens make a beautiful display and tasty treat for birds and other wild critters. They’re fun to make, and even more fun to watch who comes by to visit!
TRY this fun idea for making your own using cookie cutters and a simple birdseed cake recipe here.
| | Photo from left- Wild Care's Gionet, Chelsea, Stephanie, Jennifer, Eva, and Kerry | | |
A New Year's Resolution Worth Keeping!
Monthly Donors Save Wildlife Every day.
| | Make a New Year’s resolution that’s easy to keep - Become a monthly Wild Care Donor! Any amount from as little as $5 each month goes a long way towards the year-round care of our wildlife patients. This year, we've received 6 new monthly donors totaling an additional $100 per month and over $19,000 per year. Wow. It all adds up! Give monthly and save wildlife every day. | | |
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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