Gallery of photos and videos from work for Wildlife & Habitat
Here is a collection of photos and videos from our work for wildlife and their habitat, for which we have not yet written individual stories. Enjoy! We'll upload more and add stories soon. All photos...
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Wildlife evacuated during the "Jesusita" fire in Santa Barbara
2009 May 6 - Santa Barbara, CA The fire came to be called the "Jesusita Fire" and eventually burned over 8,700 acres in Santa Barbara county. Among the last to receive priority were the helpless...
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African tortoise rescued from near death
2009 Aug 3 This 27-pound young male African tortoise found by hikers in the Angeles National Forest was a lucky boy! We were worried when we saw him, as he was bleeding badly. At first sight, we...
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Raccoons - Rescue, Rehab, Raising, & Release
Among the wildlife on land and sea who have figured large in the daily lives and work of On Wings Of Care volunteers, those who have loomed largest by number since 2003 have been raccoons. While our...
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Iddy Biddy Betty finds a home and best friend forever
2010 Apr 29 Late Thursday night, we received a phone call from a man who lives on some acreage in the foothills above Pasadena, saying that he had just found what he said looked like a small desert...
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Seabirds from the Salton Sea
2010 Sep 16 This afternoon around 2pm, a call came in from USFWS at the Salton Sea. Two pelicans and an ibis, ill, not eating, with fevers. Could we come and get them and save them?
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Young raccoons head for freedom and lives in the forest!
2011 June Another crop of hand-raised raccoons have arrived in the forest! These young spirits were hand-raised by DFG-sponsored volunteers from Huntington Beach, CA, and when it came time to find a...
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20121214-More Orphaned Raccoons Raised and Released Successfully!
2012 December 14, FridayAngeles National Forest, California Rescuing, repairing, and raising orphaned wildlife is a very great privilege, undertaken by a rare breed of humans. We've joked before with...
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2013 JulySabine, Pearl, and Pascagoula Rivers Texas-Louisiana-Mississipi One of the most graceful of the world’s soaring raptors and the largest of the kite family, the swallow-tailed kite looks like a...
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