Wind River Wildlife Rehab

News of the Day 02-27-2012

bob — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:27:19 +0000

I am trying to be more aware of “big news” on the environmental and natural science fronts lately so I bring you these two stories I found today. The first is a Gray Wolf sighting in California. The wolf seems to have migrated south from Oregon. You can read about it here http://news.yahoo.com/california-gray-wolf-sighting-leads-calls-protection-232000433.html. It is good to see the species getting back on its feet.

Another interesting article outlines the finding of a segment of genetic material related to the influenza virus. “Bat flu”, another potential disease we may have to battle in the future. http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/02/28/bird-flu-pig-flu-now-bat-flu-human-risk-unclear/

For The Birds

admin — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 07:12:52 +0000

Check out all the pictures we posted! All photos are courtesy of Bob Elko Photography. Please respect that all images are subject to copyright. If you wish to use any images for non-commercial use, please email info@windriverwildlife.org.

Wind River Updates…

admin — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 07:12:13 +0000

Hello from the Elko Family! Were are getting ready to move out to Wind River and make it our home. We will be handling the day to day rehabilitation activities, as well as continuing to provide quality educational programs to local groups. You can contact us at tricia@windriverwildlife.org or bob@windriverwildlife.org. You can also find us on Twitter @windriverwild!

We are very excited to begin this new chapter of our lives,

Bob and Tricia Elko

IWRC Symposium Will be Held in Appleton for 2012

admin — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 06:58:19 +0000

This years IWRC symposium will be held at the Paper Valley hotel in beautiful downtown Appleton. I will have more details as they become available. Wind River is proud to be one of the hosts!!! Kai Williams is working hard on preparing materials. You can sneak a peek at the venue here http://theiwrc.org/symposium/2012-symposium.

People Care

Randie — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 04:43:44 +0000

Here we are and it is Friday already; it seems to roll around faster and faster these days… In addition to being Friday, I had a great experience this morning. The local sheriff”s office called and asked If I could assist them with a call they received. Of course I said yes. They then told me that a woman had called about a hawk in her backyard and she didn’t know what to do about it. ( the sheriff’s’ department didn’t know what to do either.) I called the woman and we talked about what kind of hawk she had, was there a wing droop?, were there flies or fly eggs present? ,and how close could she get to the bird. She had been very observant and had also taken a picture of the bird. It turned out to be a female Red Tail Hawk who looked like she was missing part of her wing.I explained that we do not do pickups, but I could tell her how to capture the bird and put her in a cardboard box for transport,. then if she would bring the bird to me I would be glad to take care of it. So I asked her to get as close to the bird as she could and the bird. It then started to move off toward the next yard. She started to call to the bird, “come back, come back…………..don’t go over there” We both started to laugh. It seemed so funny for her to be talking to this bird. She said that she had to call her daughter right away so she could bring over a cardboard box and gloves and capture the bird. When she first called, she was a bit frightened, but now she was really excited and wanted to help this bird. It was so great to start my day on such a positive note . It is always good to know that people do care.