Bird Ally X: New Wild Review

Our latest episode of our podcast in which our host recounts two epic releases, and how they demonstrate release as last item of care for our patients. Your support makes our work possible. Every year we treat and release hundeds of wild animals thank to your generosity. DONATE

Our latest podcast! In which the ways in which being a modern human who provides care for wild animals is nearly as deranged as a robot being wild.

Join us on New Wild Review for a conversation with Napa Wildlife Rescue’s Director of Animal Care and Operations, Linnaea Furlong. (please check out the awesome work of Napa Wildlife Rescue ) A recent social media post by Linnaea struck a chord with New Wild Review. She wrote: “It’s surreal, watching all the systems breaking from above in the world, and wondering how it’s g...

I have been working as a wildlife rehabilitator for 26 years. I will tell you briefly why. 

One day in the late 90s I looked up from the book I was reading – I had been studying the westward expansion of the US, and reading women’s diaries of the overland crossing, the details surrounding the “ill-fated” Donner Party, and of course the genocide of Native Americans that was...

In the first podcast of 2025, we look at the essay by Loren Eiseley , “The Star Thrower”, first published in his book The Unexpected Universe (1969). This essay has been paraphrased in numerous ways over the years, telling a simple story of a man encountering another person throwing Sea Stars into the ocean after they’d been heaved onto a beach by a storm. The man usually says so...

On the day I met Laura Corsiglia, I knew. Who else would I ever be able to talk with about wildlife and reality and necessity the way we could. Here’s a bit of what I mean Want to help us meet the incredible challenges of our mission. Donate today!

Our latest episode of New Wild Review with guest Lucinda Adamson, Humboldt Wildlife Care Center’s Assistant Rehabilitation Manager.

Reading a draft of an essay on ethics for our profession.

Our latest podcast, at last – an update on Summer, a big thank you to our supporters fro helping us out in our time of need, an avian botulism outbreak in the central valley, and a warming ocean spells disaster for us all…. stream or down load New Wild Reveiw, vol 4 episode 1! Want to help us rebuild our facility and continue our pursuit of excellence in wildlife care? Donate Today Som...

This podcast is the recording of a conversation over the internet (please forgive the occasional audio glitch!) with Veronica Bowers the founder and executive director of Native Songbird Care and Conservation in Sebastapol, California. Veronica is a leader in rehabilitative songbird care, a powerful advocate for songbird conservation and protection and a standard setter for excellence in wildlife...

It’s been a long time since we’ve had an new episode of our podcast, for a variety of reasons! Tune in to hear what they are, and join us as we move from this very challenging year to embark on our most challenging year ever!!! The year of our big move! And as always, thank you for your love of the Wild and your support of our wildlife saving work!!!

Board of directors member and HWCC rehabilitator, Nora Chatmon (r) talks about human/wildlife conflict as Assistant Rehabilitation Manager, Lucinda Adamson (l) listens . For the latest episode of New Wild Review, four-fifths of Humboldt Wildlife Care Center’s clinic staff got together in February to talk about our Humane Solutions program – a backstage unfiltered eavesdrop as we talk a...

2021 and hopefully new hope are here! For the first podcast of the new season, here’s New Wild Review, vol 2 ep 1; – in which first we look at post release studies, and the limitations our obligations as caregivers place on invasive practices. Then we turn our attention to protecting wild families by protecting wild mothers – in this case skunks looking for mates and dens during...

Times are hard. Here are some poems about the Wild. Stay safe. Stay healthy. Dismantle whiteness.

In our latest episode of New Wild Review we look at the sudden changes the global pandemic caused by the outbreak of coronavirus disease – 19. As states, counties and municipalities move to slow the spread of the virus, through shelter in place orders and social distancing, essential services, including wildlife rescue and rehabilitation, continue. How does the pandemic effect our work? How...

In our fourth episode, I read an essay, Letting Nature Take Its Course , which was first published on this website in 2016 and again in the beautiful magazine, Wild Hope in 2019. Also included in this episode is a reading of the poem, Deer Skull. As always, thank you for supporting our work. I hope you enjoy this episode. A significant amount of the music in this episode was cmpossed and performed...

For our third episode, I sat down with BAX co-founder and co-director Dr. Shannon Riggs, to talk about her career providing medical care for injured and orphaned wild animals, the past, present and future of wildlife rehabilitation, and the never ending need for financial support. We also discover a shared opinion on the topic of Rage Against the Machine. Hope you enjoy the episode!

Hi Friends and Lovers of the Wild, Back in January, I posted a story on our facebook page concerning a study of the Common Murre ( Uria aalge ) die off that occured in the Eastern Pacific Ocean the the Fall/Winter/Spring of 2015/2016. It’s a sad story about the deaths of a million of these remarkable seabirds. Immediately after posting the story I got a message from a friend and fellow anima...

Volume 1, Episode 1 Natural history, daily work, and frequent sightings: Our first episode of our new podcast! In this premiere episode, we’re sharing BAX co-founder Monte Merrick’s talk on the importance of understanding the lives of wild animals in order to provide quality care for injured wildlife in care. This is adapted from a talk MM gave at an oil spill conference in 2007.

Earlier this Spring, three very young Allen’s Chipmunks ( Tamias senex ) were found inside a truck that was being serviced in Oakland, about 300 miles south in the Bay Area. The truck had been in Humboldt County last so when the youngsters were taken to our colleagues at Wildcare in Marin County, they contacted us to see if we could raise them here, closer to their origin. For the next several day...

Spring is in full swing now and wild babies are showing up in the world, getting found by kids, cats, dogs, and other suburban challenges! Last week, a youg Black Phoebe , fresh from the nest, was found by students on the ground at East High, an alternative high school in Fortuna. Brought to our clinic, we quickly determined that the young bird was a fledgling, not injured. Although songbirds live...

Raccoon ( Procyon lotor ) babies have a lot to learn. As adults, Raccoons hunt and forage for a wide range of food, from songbird eggs to berries to the salmon a bear leaves behind. Raccoons hunt small rodents, crunch on snails, and nibble the mushrooms on the forest floor. Raccoons are brave, resilient, adaptable and notoriously intelligent. Orphaned Raccoons in their housing, prepare for the wid...