Spring 2014 - Bird Rescue Center

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SPRING 2014
Curious George: Three Days in a Chimney
Volunteers are
needed for Baby
Bird Season
In May, we expect the baby
birds to start coming in­­–
as many as 700 a month!
We need volunteers to help
feed all those hungry mouths.
In addition to feeding baby
birds, Rehab volunteers
also help with preparing
food, washing dishes, doing
laundry, making up liners and
baskets for housing the birds
during their stay, and more.
New volunteers must attend
an orientation session followed by intensive, hands-on
training. If you are interested,
please call the Center at
707/523-2473 to sign up for
the next orientation.
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his little Western Screech-owl (WESO
2485) was brought in after spending three
days trapped in a chimney. The homeowners heard a scratching noise and thought it might
be a bat. After
two more days,
they realized that
something was
trapped in there
and suspected it
was a bird. They
opened the flue
in the hope of
luring it down
so they could
retrieve it. It
worked! They opened the door to the woodstove
to find a little WESO covered in soot.
Examination of the owl revealed no injury; he was
just starved from his ordeal. Over the next few
days he ate voraciously– as many
as five mice a
day! That is a lot
for an owl that
weighs less than
¾ of a pound.
Before long he
was fattened
back up and
looked perfectly
healthy again.
It seems this little owl has an insatiable curiosity.
The experience of being trapped in a chimney did
not deter him from finding a narrow opening into
the “attic” of his aviary. The aviary has wooden slats
across the top that form a narrow space between
them and the wire mesh ceiling (to protect the
birds from an outside attack). One of the slats was
broken, and the owl managed to slip past the
temporary repair we had made, taking refuge in
the attic. BRC volunteer Carol Pisetsky went into
the aviary to feed the WESO, but could not find
him. After a search, she finally found him hiding
in the attic space. She left some mice just below
the opening in the hopes of coaxing him out. Well,
Curious George came out long enough to retrieve
the mice, but then went right back to his hiding
place! When Brad Marsh came to get the owl for
the release, he had to remove one of the slats to
chase the owl out the other end.
Once we finally got ahold of him, Curious George
was taken back to where he was found and released that night after dark. By then, the homeowners had repaired the chimney screen so this
event would not happen again. The release team
placed the WESO on a tree branch where he immediately flew away without a sound or backward
glance. We hope that Curious George can stay out
of trouble for a while!
Don’t miss the 2nd Annual
Festival of Feathers!
Saturday April 26 2014
11am – 4 pm
at The Bird Rescue Center
Join us and be wowed by up-close
encounters with the Center’s 22 resident birds
of prey, including several species of owls,
falcons and hawks.
Kids of all ages will enjoy fun and
educational activities and games.
Appetizers, snacks, desserts, wines and
other beverages will be available.
A silent auction and raffle will be held,
featuring fantastic items and services from
local artists and businesses.
It’s free. Bring a friend and
come enjoy the day with us!
If you are interested in donating to the
silent auction, please contact Michelle at
[email protected].
From the Executive Director
The Bird Rescue Center is located
at 3430 Chanate Road, near
Sutter Medical Center in Santa Rosa.
Mailing address
PO Box 475, Santa Rosa, CA 95402
707/523-2473 [BIRD]
birdrescuecenter.org
We are open 365 days a year. Normal business
hours are 9am–5pm every day from September
through April, and 8am– 8pm from May
through August but can vary, so check our
website or call for seasonal hours.
Visitor Days are the first Saturday and third
Sunday of each month from 10am –1pm, are
free and open to the public.
The Bird Rescue Center is a nonprofit
501(c)(3) organization. Donations are taxdeductible to the extent allowed by law.
(Tax ID No. 94-2378213)
Board of Directors
Chairman
Jeremy Nichols
Vice Chairman
Greg Damron
Secretary
Gloria Heinzl
Treasurer
Helen Kochenderfer
Directors
Maile Arnold
Hughes Goodwin
Arthur Slater
Kathleen Stewart
Executive Director Mary Ellen Rayner
Flight is published twice a year by The Bird
Rescue Center of Sonoma County, CA.
Articles, photos, letters, etc. for possible inclusion should be sent (in digital form) to Gregor
Nelson, at [email protected]. Submissions
are subject to editing. Please email or call
Gregor (707/433-3999) for submission and file
formatting guidelines, deadlines, etc.
Editor
Gregor Nelson
Design
Christina Nelson, Nine Design
Photography BRC staff and volunteers
Website
Christina Nelson
In appreciation
Masthead photo: Portrait of Tundra,
a Rough-legged Hawk
©2014 Hughes Goodwin. Used with permission.
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Baby Bird Season 2014 fast approaching
With ... complications such as rodenticide poisoning, lead poisoning, encounters with
outdoor cats, gunshot and arrow wounds ... and starvation due to loss of habitat and drought,
our native wild birds are at risk. Your support is more important than ever.
Our staff and volunteers spent the winter
months preparing the Avian Hospital, the Raptor
Your involvement in any manner is critical to our
ongoing success. Volunteer efforts help feed baby
birds every half-hour during a daily 12-hour period
from April through August. Contributions in any
amount will offset food, medication, surgical costs,
x-rays, supplies and much-needed equipment. We
receive no state or federal funding, and rely solely
on donations and memberships to carry on this
work. Your renewable annual membership of just
$100 would be of immense help.
Spring Habitat Garden
Tours with Maile Arnold
Saturday, June 7
© 2014 Michael Utin
What does the Habitat Garden look and
feel like, given a few years to develop and
mature? As a follow-up to last October’s popular
Habitat Garden presentations, tour three gardens,
created by Nancy Bauer, Maile Arnold and Art Slater, ask questions and come away with additional
ideas for your own eco-oasis. Pre-registration is
required as tour sizes are limited. $20 per tour;
choice of morning or afternoon. Sign up at the BRC
admissions desk (707/523-2473). Tour directions
will be provided upon registration.
In a presentation at the California Council
for Wildlife Rehabilitators symposium this
past fall, the triumph over lead in ammunition
was briefly discussed. I remember thinking that
Bird Rescue Center was lucky in that we never really had to treat those cases. Little did I know that
in the coming months we would receive several
eagles and turkey vultures that would test positive
for lead toxicity.
Hospital and pre-release conditioning aviaries
to take care of the thousands of sick, injured and
orphaned native wild birds that will soon begin
to come through our doors. This is in addition to
more than 170 already admitted since the first of
January. Indeed, we have a huge task before us!
With these increasing numbers and difficult
complications such as rodenticide poisoning,
lead poisoning, electrocution, vehicle collisions,
encounters with outdoor cats, gunshot and arrow
wounds, birds entangled in detritus left in the
environment, diseases spread through neglected
bird feeders and starvation due to loss of habitat
and drought, our native wild birds are at risk. As
a result, the Center experiences a critical need for
volunteers and dollars to accomplish our mission
of rehabilitating these patients and returning them
to the wild where they belong!
lead
— a potent killer appearing in
raptors and other wildlife
Our second annual Festival of Feathers will
be held here at the Center on Saturday, April 26,
from 11-4. (See Page 1 for more details.) Come
see our Raptor Ambassadors, and learn about
the various aspects of our rescue, rehabilitation
and release programs. Food, drink, kids activities, a raffle and amazing silent auction will
complete what is certain to be a great day.
I would love to meet you then!
All my best,
Mary Ellen Rayner
Executive Director
Visit
the
birds
The Bird Rescue
Center is open to
the public on the
1st Saturday and
3rd Sunday of every
month (excluding major holidays), 10 am-1pm.
Come by and meet our 22 resident raptors. Field trips
to the Center are also encouraged. This is a unique
opportunity to see these beautiful wild birds up
close. Photography of the birds is permitted.
...or our birds can come
to your event!
Many of our resident Ambassadors are available for
classroom visits, public educational events, service
group presentations, etc.
Please contact Education Coordinator Mary Ellen
Rayner at [email protected] for details.
Not only do these patients have toxic lead levels
in their blood (e.g., a golden eagle we had for only
four days had nine times the maximum toxic dose
for its size), but they also have trouble standing,
eating or even processing food they had eaten
prior to arrival. Watching birds struggle through
this type of injury is heartbreaking. Even though
we provide them with a combination of medications to help with the heavy metal toxins, infections or pain, as well as food and fluids to keep
them hydrated and nourished, there is no quick fix
for the condition, and all we can do is provide daily
care and support.
The typical treatment regimen for the toxicity
alone is 30 days, but the majority of recent cases
are only with us a few days to one or two weeks
before succumbing to the effects of the lead.
Surprisingly, those affected have not actually been
shot; rather the lead poisoning is the result of birds
ingesting lead from something that had been
shot. We’re not sure what kind of animals they
are scrounging to eat. One theory is that with the
drought, these scavenger birds are eating dead
animals or other material that they normally would
not. Having gone from a center that had never
seen this toxicity before to one
that is unfortunately becoming
well-versed in lead poisoning, it
has been a trying but educational process to determine how the
lead manifests as clinical signs,
and establishing proper treatment protocols for these birds.
At this writing, we have just released a golden
eagle back to the wild that was admitted to our
facility last fall (see right). Once transferred to the
California Foundation for Birds of Prey (CFPB) in
Lincoln, CA for extended treatment, it was discovered that the bird had in fact been lead-toxic.
Hopefully we can get more birds affected by lead
back to the wild, but the hard fact is that the odds
are against them, especially when a small pellet
(pictured above) can decimate a fully grown adult
turkey vulture in less than two weeks, even with
an arsenal of treatments and care.
Though we cherish our successes, the daily life in
a wildlife rehab hospital is not an easy one, and
lead-toxic birds remind us of that. I thank our staff
and volunteers who keep coming back to help all
birds, especially these cases where the outcome is
not always positive.
Ashton Kluttz Rehabilitation Manager
Golden
eagle
post lead-poisoning
This golden eagle was admitted to BRC in October 2013,
coming all the way from Redwood
Valley (Mendocino County). It was
unable to fly due to severe lead
poisoning. The eagle was examined
and treated by Dr. Dave Rupiper,
DVM while in our care, prior to
transfer to the California Foundation for Birds of Prey. CFBP was
founded by Dr. Vickie Joseph,
DVM, a noted eagle specialist. The
organization graciously cared for
this weakened giant until it was
finally well. We subsequently organized its transfer back to the Bird
Rescue Center and then released it
to Redwood Valley after a four-anda-half-month treatment odyssey.
Through a great collaborative effort
of staff, volunteers and organizations, we have achieved what we
believe to be the first BRC release of
a golden eagle in a decade. Though
we have been able to transfer other
eagles to permanent homes, other
facilities, or specialized falconers
prior to release, this is the first to
physically come back to BRC for the
final leg of its rehab journey.
“Our” golden eagle recuperates at the
CFBP, perched between immature and
adult bald eagles.
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rehabilitation
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Rehab news
Last year’s request for knitted
nests went viral, and we are
now giving the extras away to
other rehab centers! Recently our
amazing “overwintering” Rehab
team came up with a great way to
make feeders to hang in our outdoor aviaries
in an attempt
to defeat the
ants. They’re
easy to make,
with fake
materials that look natural.
If you are handy and would like
to make some of these (or know
someone who would), email us:
[email protected]
We are trying to use fresh
greenery in baskets and aviaries to make the hospital setting
more “hospitable” for the birds. If
you are doing any pruning, save
it for the birds! We need a regular
supply of fresh greenery (it is not
“fresh” for long), from sources that
have not been sprayed.
If you have fruit trees or habitat
plantings in your yard, we can
always use more fresh fruit. A
wide variety of fresh food allows
the birds to pick and choose what
they need. We are also attaching
sprigs of wild berries to the fresh
greenery to better simulate the
food sources our birds would find
in the wild (they won’t find grapes
in April). Many birds LOVE these
additions: the Cedar Waxwings
begin eating the wild berries
almost as soon as we hang them
up. They seem to prefer them to
soggy, thawed-out frozen blackberries and blueberries; go figure!
The following are relished by
birds, and are likely to be in season during April-June: raspberries,
strawberries, honeysuckle berries,
Japanese aralia, virburnum tinus,
manzanita berries, plums, currants
and gooseberries.
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release
Since coming back to work
at Bird Rescue Center, I’ve
been able to experience some
new things: new equipment, new
faces, and new procedures. A
welcome-back “gift” was a crow
that had several fractures along its
left wing. Though I love the baby
birds that come in that just need
to be fed (almost constantly), if
you work with me you quickly
find that I enjoy fixing fractures,
debriding dead tissue, and draining abscesses a little too much.
crow
Creancing!
We were able to splint and wrap
the wing so it was able to heal
without affecting any joints. Due
to the many fractures, however,
the wing was tight and physical
therapy was performed to stretch
it out to return full movement. After a month and a half of this, our
crow was finally able to be moved
outside so he could stretch out on his own. After
several flight evaluation tests and changing the
physical therapy to chasing it around the aviary
hallway daily, there was definite improvement, but
it just wasn’t enough.
Where’s Walda?
Can you find the red-tailed hawk?
This red-tailed hawk was found at the side of the
road in Sonoma. Several drivers had stopped and
were taking pictures of it. When the finder arrived,
he realized that this bird needed help rather than
paparazzi. He grabbed some work gloves from his
car and bravely set out to rescue the hawk. By this
point, the bird did not have much fight left in her,
and he was able to get ahold of her without getting nailed by a talon. The next morning, he and
his daughter Isabella, a BRC volunteer, brought the
hawk to the Center.
RosaLuz
makes her
debut
Now, some might feel that it’s “just
a crow,” but I happen to love crows.
They’re very intelligent birds that can
use found materials as tools, learn to
recognize human faces, and at times
have an obsession with tugging on
other animals’ tails.
After consulting with Dr. Rupiper
during a flight evaluation, he suggested creancing our crow. Creancing
is usually saved for our larger raptors
(red-tailed hawks, barn owls, etc.), but
why couldn’t it be used for a crow?
Brad Marsh aided in making tiny
bracelets, Resident Raptor Coordinator Andreas Christensen created
tiny jesses, and several of our raptor
handlers helped teach me how to do
the fancy Falconer’s Knot (and no, I
cannot yet do it with one hand), and
nearly all the Rehab volunteers that
have “overwintered” with us aided in
gently tossing him in the air to let him
fly free...until he reached the end of his tether.
After a few weeks of this flight conditioning, our
crow was power-flapping around the skies. Every
time he landed, he attacked his jesses as if to say,
“Enough already, let me go!” And we finally did. ›
Upon examination, BRC staff discovered that
this first-year RTHA (4-5 months old) was emaciated and very weak. It is hard to know why she
was starving. Perhaps she had been injured and
couldn’t hunt for a while. Or maybe she was having
trouble learning to hunt after fledging the nest.
These hawks do
not carry around
much extra fat
and can starve
quite quickly if
they are unable to
hunt successfully.
In any case, she
nearly doubled
her weight during
her two-month
stay at BRC.
Once she was
well-nourished
again, she proved
to be very feisty
(always a good
Our newest peregrine falcon,
RosaLuz, graduated from
Ambassador training by taking
Up, up, and away! Rehab volunteer Dana
Glei launches a red-tailed hawk (RTHA 2600)
into the air, part of the bird’s rigorous flight
conditioning as it recovers from an injury.
The hawk was slowly worked up to 30 short
flights at a time before it was released.
Laura Townsend was able to take him back to
where he was found, and said he was obviously
glad to be out of those bracelets! Crow creancing
had never before been attempted by BRC, but I’m
grateful it worked out so well, and for everyone
who helped in getting him back into the wild.
Ashton Kluttz
sign in a wild raptor). In the process of flight testing and reconditioning, she managed to bite one
BRC volunteer in the chest, bit another volunteer
on the thumb, and sunk her talons (through a
heavy leather glove) into the first volunteer’s hand.
Thus assured it was time for her to go, we brought
“Walda” back to Sonoma for release. We
took her out into a field near the intersection where she was found. Before
we could even set her box down on the
ground, she took off. She landed a short
distance away and stood in the middle
of the plowed field assessing her surroundings. As demonstrated by the
picture at far left, she was so completely
camouflaged that a person could have
walked right past her and not even realized she was standing there.
After only a few minutes, she took off
for the tallest tree and was out of sight
within seconds. Happy Hunting, Walda!
Dana Glei
Be a Guardian!
Our Raptor Ambassadors serve
in BRC’s Education and Outreach
programs. Permanent (nonreleasable)
residents, they help teach local children
and adults about the importance of birds
in the environment.
a road trip to the Bouverie Preserve.
She was hooded during the trip,
riding in style on her custom travel
perch in the back of a spacious
van, quite at ease with a red-tailed
hawk and a great horned owl, each
boxed, and accompanied by two
handlers. She captivated her audience of Bouverie docents with her
calm and engaged presence.
RosaLuz was a “passage” (almost
adult) bird when admitted to the
hospital in December 2011 after a
rescue in Sebastopol by our intrepid Bill Bevans. She was diagnosed
as having a luxation at the elbow
joint of her left wing. After an initial
stay in Rehab, she was transferred
to Kit Daine (former BRC Resident
Raptor Coordinator and a licensed
falconer) for further rehab and
conditioning assistance.
You, your class, school or organization
can become a Guardian of your favorite
Ambassador for an entire year. Besides
receiving a personalized certificate and
raptor portrait, many Guardians gain a
special affinity for their chosen bird, as
BRC volunteer Dave Laurice can attest:
“My wife Melissa and I rarely exchange
presents. But I had been blabbering on and
on about owls, so a few years ago Melissa
decided to buy me a sponsorship for one
(long before I had ever been to BRC), and
this became a tradition with us.
This year was different, in that the program
changed and Melissa could direct the
sponsorship to a single bird, and I could be
that bird’s Guardian. Well, she knew which
one got me out of bed early every Saturday
and compelled me to stand in the rain or
blazing sun if need be: Aurora (a peregrine
falcon). That was my Christmas present this
year, and I could not think of a better one.”
Please stop by the Center, or call us at
707/523-2473 to choose “your” bird.
Kit worked with RosaLuz for over
a year. When it became obvious
that she would not regain full flight
capability, it was determined she
was not releasable. In April 2013
she returned to BRC and entered
the Education Program. Thanks to
Kit’s close work with her, RosaLuz
is trained to the hood, which has
eased her adjustment to a new life
as an education bird and a traveler.
Please stop by and meet our engaging Falco peregrinus anatum.
Gloria Heinzl
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education
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See our Raptor
Ambassadors
at these upcoming
public events!
April 5 Owl lecture with Peter
Leveque at Pepperwood Preserve,
Santa Rosa. 4:30 -5:00
April 13 Wildflower Festival at
Pepperwood Preserve, Santa Rosa.
9:00-3:00
April 19 Annual Easter egg hunt
at Francis Ford Coppola Winery,
Geyserville. 10:00 -1:00
April 26 Second annual Festival
of Feathers at Bird Rescue Center.
11:00-4:00
members
Faith Adam
Cristina Amarillas and
Gil Falcone
Warren and Maile Arnold
Eric Ballinger
Martha M. Bell
Rita and Bill Bevans
Joyce Bianchi
Tom Brumfield and
Carole Herman
Judy Bullwinkle
Nancy Burns
Betty Burridge
Local Scouts raise
the roof over BRC
classroom
Over two weekends in March, Boy
Scouts from Santa Rosa Troop 32
built a shade structure over the
area that we use as an outdoor
classroom. Led by Drew Davison,
(at right in this photo) who selected
The Bird Rescue
Center for his
Eagle project,
the structure
complements
the original
project of 14
benches, built in
2006 under the
leadership of Jeffrey Forrest (also of Troop 32; at
left) for his Eagle project. Drew is a sophomore at Maria Carrillo High School
where he plays first base and outfield for the Pumas baseball team. His goal is to become a doctor.
Jeff now attends Sacramento State, intending to
become a police officer. While the older scouts assembled the structure,
the younger scouts applied wood sealant to the
donors
benches, pulled weeds in the Resident Compound and spread wood chips around the
Center to help us prepare for our upcoming
Festival of Feathers.
Now we have a facility for environmental
education that we can use practically year round!
The scouts and their leaders did a wonderful job.
This well-built structure blends right into the landscape so that one barely notices it before actually
entering our driveway.
Many thanks to the scouts and parents
of Troop 32, for their generous support of
The Bird Rescue Center!
2013 Community Education Program at a glance
Oct 9-12 and Oct 15-19 Tolay
Lake Fall Festival at Tolay Lake Regional Park, Petaluma. 10:00 -5:00
Saturday and Sunday, 10:00-1:00
weekdays
Field trips to the Center
Off-site events with Ambassadors
Formal talks without Ambassadors
Children attending these events
Adults attending these events
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Jim Dunber
Scotus J. DunShea
Marne Dupere
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Phil Edwards
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John and Marilyn
Farnsworth
Joan Felt
Clarence W. Ficker
Caitlin Forchini
Raymond and Jacquelyn Lee Forno
Reine Fortin
Peter Fredericks and
Alexandra Haessle
Susan Marie Gadbois
Sheryl Garinger and
Laurel Wilson
Phoebe Gaston
Francis X. Glennon
Hughes M. Goodwin
Karen L. Gosling
Bryan and Pam Gostlin
Carla Greco
Don and Joyce Greenberg
Jo Gustely
Livier Guzman
Jenny Hagan
Robert and Leslie Hall
Gail Hamlin
Catherine E. Hansen
Neal Harris
Debi Heglin
Johann and Gloria Heinzl
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Bryant and Diane Hichwa
Barry Hirsch
Sue Hoey
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Keri Howard
Hudson Street Wineries
Hungry Owl Project
Alex and Martha Hunt
Sharon Hustwit
Jeanne and Richard Jackson
Toni Johnson
Ellie Jones
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Fred and Dian Jorgensen
Lyle Karnath
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Sherry Kearney
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Christmas Leubrie
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Agilent Technologies
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American Express Charitable Fund
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Apple Blossom Elementary School
Audubon Canyon Ranch
Nicholas Baptice
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Douglas and Linda Bell
Jean C. Bell
Mark Bender
Bethlehem Children’s
Center
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Richard Bleck
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Lorraine Bruno
Samuel and Frances
Bruton
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Cazadero Performing Arts
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Covenant Christian
School
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The Piazza Family
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Nora and Mark Walter
Rachel Ward
Warren L. Watkins
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Loud and Clear Inc.
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Marin Community Foundation
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Elementary School
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Cheryl Maynard
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North Bay Children’s Center
Hideko Oga
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Olivino Inc.
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The Dance Palace
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Pepperwood Foundation
PG&E Corporation
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Rich Sandvick
John Sapiente
Sebastopol Independent
Charter School
Jean R. Setzer
Heather Shaddock
Joan Shigekane
Tim Simkins
Rebecca Simmie
The Georgette Skellenger Trust
Una M. Skelly
Dr. Fredrika P. Smith
Sonoma Academy
Sonoma Country Day School
Sonoma County Treasurer
Randall Sorkin
Amy Southwick
David and Donna Spilman
Helga Spizman
St. Rose Catholic School
Victoria Stefani
Kathleen Stewart
Susan Story
Richard Swett
Eloise J. Van Tassel
James H. Taylor
Teaching Living Concepts
Brynne Thorpe
Jo Ann Towle
Laura Townsend
Dr. Michael Trapani
Diana Tucker
Pearl S.M. Tucker
United Way of the Wine Country
Art Valencia
Nettie Vann
Rita Vergara
Eric and Virginia Vetter
Barbara Vick
Michelle Ward
Elaine J. Weihman
Jane F. Weiss
Tim Welsh
Western Farm Center
Gretchen Whisenand
Sandra Jo White
Jolie Wiggins
Wild Birds Unlimited
Thomas and Carol Winter
Leslie A. Wolcott
Elaine Woodriff
Pamela Zimmerman
Every effort has been made to ensure the completeness and accuracy of the Donors and Members lists. We regret any errors or omissions, and request that you contact The Bird Rescue Center with any corrections.
Become a member
With your Bird Rescue Center membership, you will receive our biannual newsletter Flight and a window decal,
along with the knowledge that your tax-deductible contribution provides food and medicine necessary for the
recovery, rehabilitation and release of wild native birds.
•Lake Sonoma Steelhead Festival
This is a
• Mark West Watershed
Our 22 Resident (non-releasable) Ambassadors
and their 18 handlers provided the following:
Dawn Hollerith
Sara Lee Jacobs
Ellie Jones
Fred and Dian Jorgensen
Arlene and Frank Keesling
Aidan Kelly
Ginger Kelly and Renz Hoppe
Timothy and Julia Knudsen
Emily and Paul Kruger
Michelle Lanting
David and Melissa Laurice
Sarah Bertfro and Dave Laurice
Tribby Leveque
Teresa Losh
June McCain
In addition, our Ambassadors
and handlers participated in
large public events with an
estimated attendance of 24,775.
This included such events as:
Hours shown are when our
birds will be present, not the
duration of the event itself.
Brenda Cappel
Cheryl Case
Maureen Cecil
Roberta A. Chamberlain
Gail Cochran
S.B. Crowell
Angela R. Daniel
Walter Dunlap
Jutta L. Einstoss
The Ericksen Family
Buster Finch
Joan Fleck
Karuna Gerstein
Natalie Getsinger
Glen Gillis
Dana Glei
Hughes M. Goodwin
Pam and Bryan Gostlin
Connery Gschwend
Daniel Guido
Norma Halbersma
Leslie Hall
Louise B. Hallberg
Hanford ARC
Joseph Harville
Nancy Havell
Susan H. Hoey
and
April 27 Earth Day on the Town
Green, Windsor. 10:00-2:00
Sept 14 Wine Country Optics
Festival (sponsored by Sonoma
Birding) at Cornerstone Gardens,
Sonoma. 10:00- 4:00
Thanks to You
our
outreach
“Hike & Hoot”
•Pepperwood Preserve
Wildflower Festival
•Peterson Winery Open House
•Town of Bodega 50th anniversary
celebration of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds
•Windsor Farmers Market
•Wine Country Optics Festival
•“Wine, Raptors & Swing” at Hudson Street Wineries
•Hungry Owl Project fundraiser in Marin
•Pepperwood Preserve Christmas Count for Kids
•Tolay Lake Fall Festival
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Junior (under 18) $20
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Student (18+) $20
Senior (60+) $20
Phone
Individual $35
Email*
Family $50
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Contributing $75
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Zip
You may thank me by name in the BRC newsletter and/or website.
Sustaining $100
I prefer to remain anonymous.
Sponsor $500
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payable to Bird Rescue Center
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Thank you for your interest and generosity!
Ambassador
Guardians
Corry Breitwisch
Sean Burke
Cole Burke
Gail Cochran
Nancy Doyle
Connery Gschwend
Dahlia Girvin-Smith
Dax Girvin-Smith
Robert Hall
Gloria Heinzl
Rick Larson
David Laurice
Susan Lewald
Jake & Ashli McKee
Melissa Minton
Memorial Donations
Allen and Linda Jackson (Mela Brasset)
Linda J. Lees (Martha Bentley)
John C. and Susan J. Mitchell
(Mela Brasset)
We can’t do it
without YOU!
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The 2nd Annual
Festival of Feathers
Sat April 26 11am- 4 pm
psst! It’s free!
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BRC’s mission
The Bird Rescue Center
has two primary missions:
• To rescue, rehabilitate and
release orphaned, injured or ill
native wild birds.
• To educate the public regarding the natural history and
ecological importance of these
birds.
Rehvab hospital wish list
•K&H Lectro-Kennel heated pads –
Large, 22½”x 28½”
online: bit.ly/heatingpads
•Hova-Bator incubator –
online: bit.ly/hova-bator
•Medium/Large Pet crates –
Medium: 30”x 24” x 21” / Large: 36”x 28” x 24”
online: bit.ly/petcrates
•Mealworms –
“Snookum’s Best,” 10,000 worms per box
online: bit.ly/mealworms
•Shop vacuum
•Pet Carriers
•Heavy-duty moving boxes –
2’x 2’x 2’ or 18”x 18”x 18”
Say it
with
birds!
We have a
selection of BRC merchandise available at the Center
daily from 9am-4:30pm.
T-shirts, embroidered caps,
sturdy zippered totebags,
greeting cards, magnets and
fun finger puppets make
great gifts!
See photos at: birdrescuecenter.org/merch
•Inkjet cartridges for –
Epson XP-600 and Dell Photo 964 printers
Coming: our annual
Fall Lecture Series
Mark your calendars!
Sept 12 to Oct 3 2014
Four Friday evenings, 7-9 pm
Church of the Roses
2500 Patio Court (Montgomery Village)
Santa Rosa
Free (donations greatly appreciated)
•Reams of computer paper for printers
(letter-size)
•Large plastic baskets
(see photo)
•Paper towels
(full-sheet or select-a-size)
•Kleenex (lotion-free)
•Toilet paper
•Chlorine bleach
(not Clorox Ultra, which contains lye)
•Pea gravel (any amount)
•Doormats (non-slip with borders)
•Non-latex exam gloves (small, medium and large)
•Fresh greenery (unsprayed prunings) for aviaries
•Berries (fresh or frozen)
•Fresh veggies (broccoli, carrots)
•Ziploc freezer bags (gallon-size)
Sept 12 Feathers and Bones, with Dave Lukas,
author of Bay Area Birds
Sept 19 Identifying Birds of Prey, with Larry
Broderick, West County Hawk Watch
Sept 26 Songbirds of Sonoma County, with Veronica Bowers, Native Songbird Care and Conservation
Oct 3 Owls of Northern California, with Paul
Bannick, author of The Owl and The Woodpecker
707/523-2473 birdrescuecenter.org
3430 Chanate Road (near Sutter Medical Center) Santa Rosa