Spring/SummerSpring/summer 2005

TERWILLIGER NATURE EEDUCATION AND WWILDLIFEILDLIFE RREHABILITATION LookingLooking BackBack MovingMoving ForwardForward WildCare News Dear Friends of WildCare: Volume 9, Number 1 It hardly seems possible that I have been WildCare’s Spring/Summer 2005 executive director for two years! It is rewarding to look Administration and Education back on the many successes during this time, and excit- 415-453-1000 FAX: 415-456-0594 ing to look forward as we work toward the future of this Wildlife Hotline and Hospital vibrant organization. 415-456-SAVE (7283)

One of the things I’m most proud of is how Website www.wildcarebayarea.org WildCare’s core programs—Terwilliger Nature Education and Wildlife Rehabilitation—partner to provide out- Email [email protected] standing learning experiences for children and the larger community. Our Address 76 Albert Park Lane, San Rafael, CA 94901 Wildlife Ambassadors continue to become integrated into educational pro- Office Hours 9am–5pm M-F grams, including the Terwilliger Nature Van and Field Trips. Formerly for Exhibit Hall, Courtyard and Clinic Hours exhibit only, these non-releasable wild animals provide children with mean- 9am–5pm seven days a week ingful and memorable wildlife encounters they may never experience in their daily lives. In response to a wide range of questions, our Living with Wildlife Board of Directors Hotline, operated by hospital staff and volunteers, provides residents with President Donald Humphreys informative and timely advice. WildCare’s Fishing Line Recycling Program, Vice President Janis Wild one of our newest education initiatives, informs people about the hazards of Treasurer Vicki Rupp Secretary Marilyn Freund fishing line damage to wildlife. Debbie Benton This is our annual report issue, so it is with pride we share the accom- Barbara Elam plishments of the past year while we prepare for the busy season ahead. As Holly Hollenbeck the days get longer, our hospital is buzzing with energy in anticipation of the Lisa Spencer spring and summer baby season. The education department is actively prepar- Lifetime Honorary Director ing for summer camps and training our newest class of Terwilliger Nature Elizabeth C. Terwilliger Guides, who will be leading hundreds of children on nature explorations later Executive Director this spring and fall. Karen Wilson th On February 26 we had the biggest clean-up day in anyone’s memory to WildCare Staff “spiff” the place up. More than forty staff, board members and volunteers Jan Armstrong Joyce Bourasssa spent all day painting, repairing and enhancing caging, weeding, adding fresh Cindy Dicke Marian Eschen gravel and furnishing to cages. Never have we been so well prepared for a Jacob Fries Alison Hermance fresh start. I hope you’ll plan to visit soon! Julie Malet Tommy Nordmann Charlotte Patterson Melanie Piazza On a sad note, Tommy Nordmann, our Van Naturalist, will be leaving us Mary Pounder Paulette Smith-Ruiz to begin a new phase of his life with his New Zealand bride, Annmarie. With JoLynn Taylor Tommy “at the wheel,” the Nature Van has reached more children in chal- lenged neighborhoods throughout the Bay Area than ever before. We will miss WildCare inspires a vital connection Tommy and wish him and Annmarie the best of luck in their new home in among people, wildlife and the natural world. Florida. I hope to introduce the new Van Naturalist in our next newsletter. Wishing you many outdoor Cover Photographs: See left adventures, wildflowers and waterfalls Editorial and Production: Jan Armstrong, JoLynn Taylor during the incomparable Bay Area Website Design: Melanie Donaghy, Davina Murray spring. Thank you for your thoughtful and generous support. WildCare’s newsletter is published three times a year (February, August, November). Every effort has been made to ensure that the contents of this pub- lication are accurate. We regret that we cannot be responsible for human error, Sincerely, printing mistakes, or variations in individual workmanship. Printed in USA on Orion Satin Recycled paper by Schumann Printers, Inc., Fall River, Wisconsin. POSTMASTER send changes of address to WildCare, 76 Albert Park Lane, Karen J. Wilson San Rafael, CA 94901. Executive Director Board President Don Humphreys (third from right), staff and volunteers celebrate a hard day’s work. Photo JoLynn Taylor

Cover images and credits: (center) Elizabeth Terwilliger on Recovery Unit East, JoLynn Taylor; Wildlife Ambassador D.C., her 95th birthday with daughter Lynn Ellen Terwilliger Farrell a Double-crested , Patty Spinks; Terwilliger Nature and son John Terwilliger, Janis Wild; (clockwise from top Camp necropsy class, Karen Wilson; Striped Skunk anesthe- left) Felipe Santiago of the DMARLOU Foundation and sia, Melanie Piazza Executive Director Karen Wilson dedicate the new Wildlife 2 WildCare 415.453.1000 Spring/Summer 2005 news and notes… local heroes… -Marin Human Race May 7th! Pledge forms are at the hospital front desk, stamped and ready for you to start collecting pledges. Challenge your friends and family to pledge for you to walk or run the whole 4-mile course! It’s a great way to raise money for WildCare while getting fit for sum- Last year volunteers raised over $3,600 for WildCare in one mer. Board member Debbie Benton will festive morning. Can we top that this year? Photo by Stephen Shaw generously sponsor registration fees for Partnership describes the rela- the first participants to sign up. Anyone without (“nudies”) and tionship between WildCare and raising more than $40 in pledges will baby mammals with their eyes closed. PG&E. When PG&E undertook receive a WildCare t-shirt, and fabulous Come to “ooooooooooooo,” and bring sponsorship for the 2004 Terwilliger prizes will be offered to the people who raise the most pledges overall! a suggested donation of $7 ($5 for Environmental Award, it seemed as members) or the equivalent value of though good partners had found Call for Interns! the following items to help us prepare each other to promote environmen- for the wild baby season. tal education and sustainability. Current volunteers and college stu- dents in biology, zoology, veterinary, or •potted trees and large plants Last summer an accident related fields are invited to apply for •plain peanut butter, wheat germ, brought us together again. An one of three internships in WildCare’s cornmeal injured juvenile Peregrine hospital. Internships are unpaid and •fresh berries, broccoli, lettuce, treated in WildCare’s hospital (see require a minimum of 24 hours per apples, , grapes, plain goat’s page 6) turned out to be the off- week. Three to four spaces are avail- milk yogurt spring of a pair nesting on PG&E’s able; position reports to Director of •walnuts, almonds, pecans in shell; Beale St. headquarters building in Animal Care. Contact Melanie Piazza. seasonal fruits and nuts: acorns, San Francisco. No sooner had rep- Term 1: April 11 – July 11 persimmons, pyracantha berries resentatives of this major corpora- Term 2: May 9 – August 15 Shop—and Give—Wisely tion heard about the falcon’s plight Term 3: August 1 – October 24 than they made a gift to WildCare Register for eScrip, and you’ll give to support the treatment of Patient Spring Baby Shower to WildCare every time you shop. This #1132 and the other animal patients activity requires no time, no additional recuperating in our rehabilitation Sunday, April 24, 1-4 money, no thought. How could giving hospital. Nudies at WildCare? Yes! Featured be easier? Register at www.escrip.com! In 2005 PG&E again sponsored at our Spring Baby Shower will be baby Continued on page 7 the Terwilliger Environmental Award. Just a few weeks later, WildCare joined PG&E for another, more dramatic rescue of a juvenile Western Gull caught—dangling by a length of fishing line wrapped tight- ly around its foot—on a very high, 115,000-volt transformer wire in San Rafael. Using a large truck, PG&E workers carefully cut the fishing line, freeing the to be taken to WildCare to recover as patient #0072. PG&E’s Marie Gaynor-Murphy said, “2004 has been such an excit- ing year of partnership between PG&E and WildCare, I don’t think any of us will ever forget the mag- nificent release of the fully recov- ered . WildCare does such great work and is such an asset to the Marin community.”

Spring/Summer 2005 www.wildcarebayarea.org WildCare 3 the environmental approach… Good Kids Do Good

WildCare’s already popular For adult staff and volunteers, Dishes, laundry and Student Volunteer program, open to patient care may well include some cage cleaning—some dedicated students between the ages dramatic life and death decisions, Student Volunteers of 12 and 17, is a real, up-close but for all who work in this wildlife might not do it at introduction to wild patient care. It hospital, most patient care consists home, but everyone does it at WildCare! offers the best of WildCare—a com- of daily attention to many small and Student Volunteers bination of environmental education less adrenaline-producing details— don‘t handle wild and wildlife rehabilitation to teach sweeping, cleaning, food prepara- patients, but provide those who will create a sustainable tion, feeding, recycling, garbage col- an extra pair of future for us all. lection, and more cleaning. Without hands to adult volun- Students who attend a one-hour that constant animal care and main- teers. Photos by Mary orientation with a parent and dis- tenance, even the best medical treat- Pounder cover they are ready to commit to ment can’t succeed. the program sign a participation The list of Student Volunteer job contract, attend a five-hour training details is lengthy and specific. and choose a three-hour shift that Students do not handle wild they choose. Few other adult-super- will become theirs for the next ten- patients, but provide an extra pair vised volunteer programs available to twenty-week session. Then they of hands to adult volunteers. As to this age group build strength in begin to learn on the job. program participants learn, they science, math, social skills, animal They learn the damage to nature progress—with their adult supervi- care and responsibility. Working that thoughtlessness can do. They sor’s confirmation of their skills— with adults as peers, student volun- learn what patient care really means. from one series of tasks to the next. teers build confidence while they Several important elements train in animal care, cleaning and make this program appealing to its concern for nature. audience. It runs throughout the Nearly 150 students have partic- year, after school and on weekends, ipated in this program to date. At even offering daytime opportunities the present time, the Student to home-schoolers. If space is avail- Volunteer spots are all filled. The able for them (space is limited), stu- reason? The program is great! Kids dents can participate in the session love it. WildCare staff and volun- teers give them extensive training, positive attention and solid support.

Food preparation isn’t all drudgery. If you don’t like cutting up fruit and vegetables, there are always live mealworms and paperwork to keep things interesting! Photos by Mary Pounder

4 WildCare 415.453.1000 Spring/Summer 2005 Mrs. T’s Corner Heart of Marin Youth Volunteers of the Year. These awards, presented by Tamalpais Bank and the Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership, recognize outstanding contributions to Marin’s nonprofit community. The Marin Charitable Association has also recognized this extraordinary program with funding support in 2005. Caitlyn, now 15, began to vol- “Teach children to love nature; people take care of what they love.” unteer in WildCare’s hospital in the –Elizabeth Terwilliger summer of 2003. Those who work with her have been impressed with To honor those who, like Mrs. T, her commitment, maturity and pro- share their love of nature with others, fessionalism. Her focus is clear, and WildCare presents the Terwilliger Environmental Award each January at centered on others. When asked to the Nature Lovers Ball. This year’s comment on her Student Volunteer recipient is Zeva Longley, Environ- experience, Caitlyn wrote, “I have so mental Education Specialist at San many great things to say about Rafael’s Canal Child Care Center. Two former participants have WildCare that they cannot be put Zeva met Mrs. T in the 1970s, and graduated to become adult volun- into a single sentence or even a says, “I fell in love with her and the teers at WildCare. Another student whole page. I have learned so much nature she loved, and since that time who continues as a Student through my experiences… that I have dedicated myself to learn more Volunteer is Caitlyn Bishop, who about the earth and my connection to have been inspired to become a vet- was chosen as one of only five 2004 the earth, and to teach what I learn.” erinarian. I enjoy being around According to former colleague and everyone and every animal at friend GeorgeAnn Muntin, Zeva’s cre- WildCare, and look forward to con- ativity, vision and commitment to tinuing my work there.” teaching children about the environ- Good kids do good. WildCare is ment have led her to help children fortunate to have so many dedicated become their best. Under her tutelage, Student Volunteers who learn well, special needs children have become focused leaders, crossing streams, confi- work hard, help save animal patient dent in nature; overweight children lives and educate their families and reluctant to move have become enthu- friends about the habitat we share. siastic hikers and climbers; and chil- dren afraid of any insect or animal have learned to approach them with care and respect. Laurel Hill, Deputy Director of Student Volunteer Caitlyn Bishop distin- Community Action Marin, says that guished herself and WildCare this year Zeva has “created a wonderful program when she won the 2004 Hearts of at CCCC that addresses health advoca- Marin Youth Volunteer Award. Caitlyn is cy, environmental justice, conservation, shown above at far left with three of the physical activity and fun in the context other winners. At right, Caitlyn (center) of environmental education.” with WildCare’s Director of Animal Care, Each day at work Zeva takes chil- Melanie Piazza, and Program Specialist, dren from asphalt to growing things, Mary Pounder, who developed from fear to confidence, from closely WildCare’s Student Volunteer program in built environment to nature.What bet- 2001. Photos by Karen Wilson ter example could Mrs. T have hoped to inspire? Spring/Summer 2005 www.wildcarebayarea.org WildCare 5 behind the scenes… Safe, Sound and Soaring A compassionate rescuer (and A leg band placed by the The company made a generous now a volunteer!), Kelle Kacmarcik Predatory Bird Research corporate donation to care for found a juvenile Peregrine Falcon Group, University of this bird and other wild down and injured on a city street in California at Santa Cruz, indi- patients in treatment at San Francisco last summer. Brought cated that this striking falcon was WildCare. to WildCare as Patient #1132, this one of the first two viable offspring After months of care endangered raptor was found to of a pair nesting on PG&E’s 77 and therapy came the best part of have suffered a broken wing Beale Street building, and attracted the story—the bird was released in (radius), a damaged and special interest from PG&E and October. bruises, probably from an accident its employees. when the bird fledged. The bird was treated by WildCare volunteer Peregrine veterinarian Dr. Debra Scheenstra and WildCare staff. Falcon Facts ••• Peregrine are considered to be the earth’s fastest crea- tures. They can achieve up to 240 miles per hour on a dive. ••• Following a population decline from the 1950s to the 1970s, the subsequent ban of eggshell-thinning pesti- cides, and an intensive breed and release or “hacking” program, this falcon has begun to reclaim its numbers and its nesting grounds. ••• Peregrine Falcons have added new nesting sites to their natural choice of cliff ledges—tall city buildings WildCare hospital staff, Melanie and bridges. From these Piazza and Cindy Dicke join Dr. Debra Scheenstra for a last quick lofty heights the birds are check to be sure no feathers were prospering on a diet of their damaged in transport before favorite prey: releasing patient #1132. Photos urban pigeons. courtesy of Craig Solin •••

6 WildCare 415.453.1000 Spring/Summer 2005 WILDCARE ANNUAL REPORT 2004 FISCAL YEAR JANUARY 1, 2004 – DECEMBER 31, 2004

To The WildCare Community: East, constructed thanks to the generosity of long-time supporters, the DMARLOU 2004 marked the 10th anniversary of the “birth” of WildCare—the result of Foundation and the Marin Builders Association. This new facility features separat- the merger in 1994 of the Terwilliger Nature ed enclosures that can be linked, creating flyways Education Center and the California Center for 2004 INCOME SOURCES and “swooping” space, and offers sun and preda- Wildlife. 2004 was also a year of many achieve- Membership/Donations tor protection. ments. 38% Events In addition to our annual events, 4% Earned Income Nature Education The generous support of 5% Nature Lovers Ball, Spring Baby Shower, Dining Grants the Alexander M. and June L. Maisin Foundation for Wildlife, Italian Bocce Festival and Creatures of In-Kind donations* enabled our Nature Van to reach new schools; most 14% Myth and Legend, which provided revenue and an of our popular summer programs were full. 29% Special Events enjoyable time, in 2004 WildCare threw a party 10% for some 200 people to celebrate Elizabeth Wildcare’s dedicated Terwilliger Nature Guides were Other Income busy as China Camp was added to our Field Trip Terwilliger’s 95th birthday. sites. In 2004, Wildcare began a successful new 2004 EXPENSES Looking Forward In addition to its com- after-school program in cooperation with Davidson 9% mitted staff and volunteers Wildcare depends on Middle School, which was enthusiastically received Wildlife Rehabilitation* the financial support of the community, primarily by the participating students. 19% Education Programs* individuals. Wildcare is a valuable Bay Area resource. On behalf of the Board of Directors I Wildcare’s courtyard, home of our Wildlife 52% Development Ambassadors, took on a new look. A generous pri- thank you for your support in 2004 and look for- 20% Administration vate gift enabled the construction of a new multi- ward to your continued support in 2005 as species habitat, which will be home to Mojave, a *Includes volunteer hours Wildcare enters its second decade. California Desert Tortoise, and Willow the Wood . Note: Figures are unaudited at time of printing. A complete audited financial statement will be Wildlife Rehabilitation In 2004 Wildcare available in April, 2005. Donald Humphreys dedicated its completely new Wildlife Recovery Unit President of the Board of Directors

TERWILLIGER NATURE TERWILLIGER NATURE KITS STUDENT VOLUNTEERS NATURE EDUCATION VAN PROGRAM 48 schools 95 participants 10,500 children served In 2004 over 40,000 Bay Area children and 53 schools: 299 presentations ILD ARE ISITORS 6,057 children visited W C V adults experienced Terwilliger Nature JUNIOR BOTANISTS 9,125 courtyard and museum TERWILLIGER FIELD TRIPS 123 children engaged visitors Education and other WildCare learning 2,076 rescuers 75 schools: 150 field trips SPECIAL PROGRAMS programs. All developed a closer connec- 4,047 children involved Hungry Project, Adult LIVING WITH WILDLIFE tion to nature and deepened their commit- TERWILLIGER NATURE Hospital classes,Wildlife HOTLINE ment to environmental stewardship. CAMPS Ambassador visits: 5,520 callers 45 programs: 1,120 children 24 camps offered and adults participating 345 children engaged

Left to right: Examining owl pellets in holiday camp, playing Wildlife Jeopardy in Davidson Domenico School, Field Trip at China Camp, JoLynn Taylor; Helping Hands for Wildlife Outdoor Middle School program, Student Volunteer with woodpecker snag, Van Naturalist at San Adventure, Mary Pounder; courtyard visitors, JoLynn Taylor Annual Report 2004 www.wildcarebayarea.org WildCare 1 , Black-legged Swift, Vaux’s Mouse, Pocket, California CLINIC PATIENTS TREATED Mallard Swift, White-throated Mouse, Salt Marsh In 2004 WildCare treated over 193 different Mockingbird, Northern Tanager, Summer Harvest Murre, Common Tanager, Western Muskrat species of wildlife and gave 3,856 ill, injured Nuthatch, Pygmy Thrush, Hermit Opossum, Virginia or orphaned animals a second chance. Nuthatch, Red-breasted Thrush, Swainson’s Otter, River Oriole, Bullock’s Thrush, Varied Rabbit, Audubon’s Oriole, Hooded Titmouse, Oak Cottontail ARACHNIDA 1 Fulmar, Northern Owl, Barn Towhee, California Rabbit, Brush Spider Gadwall Owl, Great Horned Towhee, Spotted Raccoon, Northern AVES 2,970 Godwit, Marbled Owl, Northern Saw-whet , Wild Rat, Black , Laysan Goldfinch, American Owl, Western Screech Vireo, Warbling Rat, Brown Auklet, Cassin’s Goldfinch, Lesser Pelican, Brown Vulture, Turkey Rat, Kangaroo, Blackbird, Brewer’s Goose, Canada Petrel, Murphy’s Warbler, Nashville Heermann’s Blackbird, Red-winged , Horned Phalarope, Red-necked Warbler, Townsend’s Rat, Wood, Dusky-footed , Western Grebe, Pied-billed Phoebe, Black Warbler, Wilson’s Ringtail, North American Bobwhite Grebe, Western Pigeon, Band-tailed Warbler, Yellow-rumped Shrew, Pacific Bufflehead Grosbeak, Black-headed Pigeon, King Waxwing, Cedar Skunk, Striped Pigeon, Bushtit Gull, California Woodpecker, Acorn Squirrel, Eastern Gray Poorwill, Common Canvasback Gull, Glaucous-winged Woodpecker, Downy Squirrel, Douglas’ Quail, California Chickadee, Black-capped Gull, Heermann’s Woodpecker, Hairy Squirrel, Fox , Virginia Chickadee, Chestnut- Gull, Herring Woodpecker, Nuttall’s Squirrel, Ground Raven, Common backed Gull, Mew Woodpecker, Pileated Squirrel, Western Gray Robin, American Chukar Gull, Ring-billed Wren, Bewick’s Vole, California Meadow Coot, American Gull, Western Sapsucker, Red-breasted Wren, House Cormorant, Brandt’s Harrier, Northern Scaup, Greater Yellowthroat, Common REPTILIA & Cormorant, Double- Hawk, Cooper’s Scoter, Surf AMPHIBIA 40 MAMMALIA 845 crested Hawk, Red-shouldered Siskin, Pine Lizard, Northern Cormorant, Pelagic Hawk, Red-tailed Sora Bat, Big Brown Alligator Cowbird, Brown-headed Hawk, Sharp-shinned Sparrow, Fox Bat, California Myotis Lizard, Western Fence Crow, American Heron, Black-crowned Sparrow, Golden- Bat, Hoary Rattlesnake, Western Dove, Mourning Night crowned Bat, Mexican Freetail Salamander, Arboreal Dove, Ringed Turtle- Heron, Great Blue Sparrow, House (English) Bat, Pallid Salamander, California Dove, Rock Heron, Green Sparrow, Savannah Beaver Tiger Duck, Ruddy , Allen’s Sparrow, Song Bobcat Snake, Common Garter Duck, Wood Hummingbird, Anna’s Sparrow, White-crowned Chipmunk Snake, Common King Eagle, Golden Hummingbird, Rufous Starling, European Coyote Snake, Gopher Egret, Great Jay, Scrub Storm-petrel, Ashy Deer, Mule Snake, Ringneck Egret, Snowy Jay, Steller’s Storm-petrel, Black Fox, Gray Snake, Western Falcon, Peregrine Junco, Dark-eyed Swallow, Barn Fox, Red Terrestrial Garter Finch, House Kestrel, American Swallow, Cliff Gopher, Botta’s Pocket Toad, Western Finch, Purple Killdeer Swallow, Northern Jackrabbit, Black-tailed Tortoise, Desert Flicker, Northern Kingfisher, Belted Rough-winged Mole, Broad-footed Turtle, Red-eared Slider Flycatcher, Ash-throated Kinglet, Ruby-crowned Swallow, Tree Mouse, Deer Turtle, Three-toed Box Flycatcher, Pacific Slope Kite, White-tailed Swallow, Violet-green Mouse, House Turtle, Western Pond

Left to right: North American Ringtail, Melanie Piazza; Hoary Bat with pup, Marian Eschen; chick, Sandra Christensen; North American Raccoon dentition, JoLynn Taylor Peregrine Falcon, Marie Gaynor-Murphy; Kestrel chicks, Stephen Shaw; Acorn Woodpecker 2 WildCare 415.453.1000 Annual Report 2004 1 TO 49 HOURS Leah Hansard Paulanne Steinbeck Chris Hawkins Phillip Swartz VOLUNTEER SUPPORT 102 Volunteers Jason Horstman Mara Unger 50 TO 99 HOURS Beth Iitti Rolf Ursin-Smith In 2004 more than 300 volunteers donated Laila Al-Jamal Emily Kearney Piera Von Glahn over 35,000 hours of their time, valued at Shannon Alsup Ginny Kelly Linnea Vonahn Anna Webster over $314,000. We thank them all. Logan Anderson Steve Kirschenbaum Rachel Wells Lilith Aquino Brian Kjolby Sarah Wheeler 150 TO 199 HOURS Brenda Goeden Kristin Ataras Freeke Kohl Nina Wooderson Livia McRee William H. Barnaby Jerry Kohl Anne Ardillo Daniel York Daniela Neville Mary Kate Beck Maria Kuder Richard Berenter Barbara Young Bridgette Berg Linda Lam Anne Boeri Sarah Parker Barbara Beth Eileen Lau 100 TO 149 H OURS Darla Deme Sarah Pattison Kim Leslie Ronnie Bogart Cynthia Folkmann Jeanine Richardson Sarah Low Annette Anzalone Kate Bordisso Adam Bien Susy Friedman Dede Sabbag Mary Boudreaux Margareta Luff Françoise Samuelson Justine MacLean Brittany Bonstin Sunny Hill Suzanne Bourque Lori Saul Natasha Malt Lani Chan Randy Hust Emily Boyles Sarah Collings Lyanne Schuster Kristen Breck Diana Manis Denise Jones Arlene Davis Stephen Shaw Evan Brooks Britt Murray Emily Kearney Soo-Hi Nayer Darren Davis Lynda Larsen Cathi Sim Caitlin Brown Olga Doctors-Cahn Anaka Nazareth Lillian Lessler Janet Sinnicks Christina Buechele Page Drummond Michelle Burt Liz Neville Andy Loumbas Eric Slessinger Barbara Novak Diana Gallagher Yolanda Cabral Shirley Gans Celeste McAdam JoLynn Taylor Pat O’Sullivan Doug Cauble Stephanie Helbig Billie McGinnis Victor Ullrich Laurie Oman Christine Caulder Lynn Hutton M.L Oxford Rebecca Yee E. Oscar Chambers Willie Parrett Chris Jeans Corwin Parker Terry Citti Kay Peacock Cassidy Lang 500 TO 999 HOURS Andrew Pedersen Mary Pounder Dene Colbert Toni Madigan Katie Robinson Mary Blake John Contini Eileen Perkins Tracy Manheim Linda Schmid Marian Eschen Jim Cornelius Jesse Petersen Trinka Marris Tina Phi Raya Smith Diana Manis Crystal Cox Joe Mayberry Cathy Perry Mary DeLap Myfanwy Plank Becky Smith Elizabeth McNally Monique Phillips Valerie Dennis Heather Polley Kathleen Moore Alicia Snow Jennifer Dong Barbara Pritchard Don Thoman Marianna Riser Melanie Piazza Jacquelyn Walton Morgan Farrer Sharon Procyk Juanita Reynolds Vicki Van Meter Dave Faulstich D. James Pyskaty Arthur Richardson Carson Young 1000 PLUS HOURS Duane Fitzgerald Lidia Rajeff Joyce Rietveld Ian Freda Maria Rowell 200 TO 499 HOURS Veronica Bowers Theo Selig Coral Cotten Alison Fuller Maggie Rufo Brenda Sherburn Anne Barker Camille Gazeau Jeanetta Salbo Angela Siletto Caitlyn Bishop Alexandra Godbe Christine Margle Irina Goldshlag Nancy Schroeder Lee Sveinson Amy Blower Lynn Gotler Susan Seefeld Kendra Walker Lucy Burlingham VETERINARIANS Janet Grady Karen Sherman Lynn Webb Sandra Christensen Carol Haan Lara Snelling Colleen Weiss Ken Bacon, DVM Candace Hale Daniel Southwood Jan Wild Stephen Eding Robert Erteman, DVM Margrit Hall Susan Southwood Laurie Wilson Chelsea Fischbach Debra Scheenstra, DVM Dominique Hanchette Lynne Spillinger Nancy Wright Vanessa Glidden

Left to right: Western Rattlesnake anesthesia, Melanie Piazza; imping, Arlene Davis; Hermance; Terwilliger Nature Guides at Bothin Marsh, Alan Nayer; food preparation in the picking persimmons for animal food, JoLynn Taylor; foster care squirrel feeding, Alison clinic, JoLynn Taylor; volunteers admitting an animal in the clinic, JoLynn Taylor Annual Report 2004 www.wildcarebayarea.org WildCare 3 Robert and Frances Mayberry $250 - $499 Sharon and Steven Mulkeen Jane Miller Ruth and Edmund Nash FINANCIAL SUPPORT The Outdoor Art Club, Inc. Ted and Helen Abe Dolores and Richard Nave In 2004 over 3,089 individuals, businesses, LouAnn Partington Julie Allecta Patricia and Alan Negrin Noel and Jeffrey Perkins Winifred & Harry Allen Gordon and Liz Neville corporations, associations and foundations Frederick and Saga Perry Foundation Sheila and Chris Nielsen provided the funding to support WildCare. John and Ingrid Peterson, Jr. Ambrosia Pizza and Pasta William K. Nisbet Eleanore and James Plessas Anonymous Mary O’Brien We thank them all. Marvin Prager Architectural Coatings Jolyn O’Hare Victoria Ann Rupp John R. Arnold Richard A. Passanisi Robert and Patricia Atkinson $100,000 AND HIGHER $1,000 - $2,499 Schultz Foundation Peter Pepper Lisa Heinz Tighe Nancy Baker Jessie Peterson Estate of Eva Zuber Tommy Angell Herb Walkup Bank of America Patricia Post and Martin Linda Applewhite and William and Carollee Webber Foundation, Inc. Vanderlaan $25,000 - $99,999 Marshall Miller Wells Fargo Bank Nancy Barbour Peggy Tate-Poulos and David William H. Barnaby DMARLOU Foundation Eva and Howard Arneson Karen Wilson and Todd Tash Poulos Bartley & Bartley Insurance The Alexander M. and June Veronica Bowers and Lance Janet H. Willis Michael A. Randolph Groody Bruce Bell L. Maisin Foundation The Redwoods Mary M. Bachman and $500 - $999 Albert and Pamela Bendich Kimberly and Mark Resnick Alison Bers and August $10,000 - $24,999 William Downing American Express Mary Roberts and Guy Diehl Joseph Barton and Jodie Kleinecke Foundation William Robinson Anonymous Hawley Mary Blake and Bart Miller Anonymous Raymond C. Romano County of Marin Deborah P. Benton Margaret Bluth Patricia and Peter Arrigoni Loreto Ryan William H. Donner Barbara and Carl Ronnie Bogart Seth and Amy Barad Dede and Richard Sabbag Foundation, Inc. Buoncristiani Marilyn Brite Burke and Jacqui Boda- Debra Scheenstra and David Susan Gray Lorraine E. Cantor Jean Burns Keegan Curtis Glenn and Virginia Haldan Sanford Cipinko Neil and Mary Burton Shirley and Peter Bogardus Richard A. Schiller The Kanbar Charitable Trust Ransom and Glena Coleman Robert and Elza Burton Delanna and Ray Schneider Thelma Doelger Trust for Philip K. Brewer Marin Community Bus Stop Sports Bar Schumann Printers, Inc. Animals Maynard and Katherine Meredith Cahn and Samuel Foundation Buehler Christine Scott Pacific Gas & Electric Mary and Paul Elliott Doctors The Margot Fraser Fund of Hanna and Bruno Burgherr Selig Education and Company Kristine and Martin Cain Environmental Fund the Marin Community California Land Title Vicke and Glenn Campbell Foundation Francine Castner Diana W. Singer $5,000 - $9,999 Edward and Janis Cherry Gail Smelick Marilyn Freund and Robert Terry and Zeo Coddington Chevys, Inc. The Bothin Foundation Bloomberg Jeanne and Howard Cohn Margaret Spence Frog Crossing Foundation, Sandra and Coy Christensen Gary and Cathy Spratling Fred Gellert Family David and Rebecca Conant Gretchen and Robert Inc. Caine and Anthony Starelli Foundation James A. Coyle Christophel Seven Springs Foundation Beverly George D’Argenzio Winery Christine Staub Karen and Robert Coman Ann and Ellis Stephens Vehicle Donation Processing Lisa and Douglas Goldman Wendy and John Doughty Ruth Lynn Craig Center, Inc. Fund Kenneth Drexler J. D. Sullivan Maria Cunningham Kathleen Taft and Doug Suzanne V. Golt Martha and Anthony Eason Trudy Dixon $2,500 - $4,999 Mary M. Griffin-Jones Environmental Federation of McConnell Carol Donohoe Terwilliger Family Anonymous Holly and Christopher California Diana Dormas Kay Tsenin Barbara and Richard Elam Hollenbeck Robert Erteman, DVM Donald Hunt Laurence Dreyfuss Elfriede A. Tucker and Doris Walter & Elise Haas Fund Marian and Ingrid Eschen Electra Foundation Elizabeth Jennings Margaret Feldstein Tucker Donald and Virginia Kathleen and Joseph Jolson Thomas Fegette and Nancy United Way of the Bay Area Humphreys Lindy Fung Thomson Jean and Jack Kronfield Carole Haan Sharon Vick Center for Volunteer and Juliet Lamont and Phil Price Leticia and Ford Fish Cynda and Chandu Vyas Nonprofit Leadership IBM International Jenna Fisher Robert and Arabella Foundation Erika and Loren Walden Arthur H. Kern Elton and Ruth Fox Levorsen Amb. L. W. “Bill” and Jean Edward and Jean Wall Rathmann Family Alison and Brock Fuller George Lucas Lane Coralyn Weesender Foundation Marin Charitable Association Richard E. Gagnon Stephanie Weiss Philip A. Lathrap and Patricia and James Gibson Unbroken Chain Marin County Wildlife & Roberta Davis Jane and Dean Woodman Fisheries Advisory Committee Golden State Lumber, Inc Foundation Sandy Lerner Rose and Edwin Zacher Maureen Groper Jamie Zank Julie Malet David Guggenhime Marin Sanitary Service Charles Haas and Barbara $100 - $249 Eugene and Sally Martens Moran 572 donors Gordon and Betty Moore George and Candace Hirsert Foundation Karl and Georgyn Hittelman $1 - $99 Tim and Nancy Muller Martha and Peter Hollenbeck 2,262 donors Soo-Hi and Alan Nayer Jack L. Hunt Automotive, Richard and Charlie Inc. Nerviani Jeri Lynn and Jeffrey Johnson Northern Trust Bank of Robert Kaliski IN-KIND California Constantine Kanis John and Tracy Novick Mary Kass GOODS AND Carol Olwell Kevin Kaster M. L. Oxford Janet and Damon Kerby SERVICES Park Place Venture Patricia and Kurt Kvam In 2004, WildCare Mary Pounder and Vincent and Amanda David La Tour LaManna received over 500 Randall Museum Friends Marlene R. Langer donations of goods Prentice and Paul Sack Brian and Gail Lanigan Seal Rock Inn Patricia and Richard Locke and services from RoNelda and Larry Simmons Patricia and Lance Lollini Brian and Suzanne Swift Ross C. Lovington more than 400 indi- Don and Helle Thoman Justine MacLean viduals and busi- Daryl Thorogood Marin Luxury Cars. Llc United Way of Tri-State Marin Solar nesses valued at Unity in Marin Andrew and Kathleen Mecca Frank and Eli Friedman, JoLynn Taylor; Nature Lovers Ball silent auction gift Ted and Betty Von Glahn Mechanics Bank of San greater than basket, Bob Bloomberg; a music benefit at 19 Broadway in Fairfax, JoLynn Taylor Janis L. Wild Rafael $100,000. 4 WildCare 415.453.1000 Annual Report 2004 news and notes continued… volunteer extraordinaire…

Above: the new venue at the Presidio Officers’ Club in San Francisco for the Nature Lovers Ball is a winner. Right: Zeva Longley was this year’s recipient of the Terwilliger Environmental Award. Photos by Bob Bloomberg Veronica Bowers is a uniquely What a Party! dedicated volunteer. She specializes WildCare’s 2005 Nature Lovers Ball in the foster care of insectivorous at The Presidio Officers’ Club was fabu- The Future is Yours to Give songbirds, from to lous! The 2004 Terwilliger Environ- If you are thinking about the woodpeckers. She accepts birds mental Award went to Zeva Longley, future, you can make sure that from four other centers, and her Environmental Education Specialist at WildCare will be there. You can former guesthouse is now a small San Rafael’s Canal Child Care Center. include WildCare in your will, estate hospital. Here she raises the babies Doug McConnell of Bay Area Backroads plan or charitable remainder trust. You that need to be hand-fed every 30 acted as Master of Ceremonies, present- can see that children are taught to love minutes for 14 hours a day, and ing the award on behalf of WildCare and respect their environment, that ill, nurses the injured adults who and The Pacific Gas and Electric injured and orphaned animals are treat- require intensive specialized care. Company, sponsor of the $2,000 award. ed, and that the habitat you know and Veronica juggles the feedings, cage The evening sparkled with sumptu- love is protected. We can help. Contact cleanings and treatments; her hus- ous food from Insalata’s, live music us at 415.453.1000, ext.13. band Lance transports birds on his from Funksway, and a stunning silent way to and from work. In summer auction. Thanks to event chairs Mary Corrections she may have 60 baby birds in care, Blake and Jan Wild, sponsors, guests, Charles Jo’s Marin Beverage Outlet and 30 more outside in her aviaries. auction donors and shoppers for mak- was inadvertently omitted from the As if all she does isn’t amazing ing this great party a very successful Nature Lovers Ball newspaper thank- enough, Veronica does all of this event. Funds raised will go to support you ad. Thank you so much, Mr. Jo! demanding and generous work out WildCare programs in the coming year. We’d like to correct two errors of her own pocket, and is a board made in the last newsletter. The S.F. member of the Madrone Audubon Local Girl Makes Good! Zoo’s Eagle Breeding Program did not Society, Sonoma County Chapter. She owns and operates her own Congratulations to Dr. Monie Yee end in 1995; it continues today. The chocolate shop, La Dolce V, where on her graduation from veterinary California Center for Wildlife had three she displays literature to help edu- school at U.C. Davis. Monie began vol- Executive Directors in the 1970s and cate the public on wildlife, and fre- unteering at WildCare in 1995, and early 1980s—Bruce Blake, Alice quently donates her delicious prod- after interning, worked for several years Katzung and the late Sammie Dunn. ucts (like a specially designed here as a Wildlife Technician. “songbird bar”) and proceeds to In 1999 she decided to go one help WildCare raise funds. step further and entered veteri- nary school. We are also hon- Veronica joined us in 2002, and ored to say that it was at we know how lucky that we are to WildCare that she performed have her on our team. Probably her first surgery as a full- more important to her are the real fledged vet—removing a fish beneficiaries of her hard work and hook from the Great Blue dedication: the hundreds of birds Heron featured on page 11. that she saves each year, giving them a second chance at life back in Dr. Monie Yee and Cindy Dicke prepare to the wild. remove a fish hook from patient #0006. Spring/Summer 2005 www.wildcarebayarea.org WildCare 7 living with wildlife... 415-456-SAVE!

WildCare’s “Living with Wildlife” Nuisance Animals hotline volunteers take hundreds of Q: Something is digging calls each year from people in our com- up my lawn. What is it munity who have questions about... liv- and how can I stop it? ing with wildlife. Here are a few of our most frequently asked questions. A: It is most likely raccoons, skunks or Natural History Information opossums looking for Rebecca Yee is one of WildCare’s Hotline volunteers who advises callers how to resolve the luscious grubs they wildlife conflict issues. Photo by JoLynn Taylor Q: I just saw a huge white rat in my can hear moving in your garden! Are my pets in danger of get- well-watered turf. The best solution is feeding it and calling to it. Should I ting rabies? to rid your lawn of the grubs. With no bring in in? A: That “big white rat” was proba- food source to attract wild animals, A: Unless it has been caught by a bly really an opossum, and they are not they will search elsewhere. Garden sup- cat, probably not. You are witnessing considered a rabies-vector species. ply stores can help you find non-toxic the natural behavior of a young bird Although most mammals can catch products to do the job. that has just fledged. They discover rabies, the majority of them are unlike- Q: I hear something scratching in my they can fly to the ground, but haven’t ly to be able to pass it on, because the attic or crawl space. I think there are yet learned how to take off. The parent illness makes them susceptible to pred- rats. How do I get rid of them? birds call to it and encourage it to learn ators before they have the chance to A: Many wild animals will take the other half of the flight skill. Keep bite someone. The predators that eat cats indoors for a few days; the parents them, however, are often bitten in the advantage of an opening in a warm, dry house. Small gnawing animals such as will continue to feed the fledgling, process and are a greater danger. Be which will soon discover it can soar! certain your pets’ vaccinations are cur- rats or squirrels can chew into areas in rent and that they are safely locked need of repair and pave the way for Q: I found an injured animal on the indoors at night. larger animals like skunks and rac- road. What should I do? coons. As a homeowner, you have two A: If it is a dangerous animal, such options. You can kill the intruders or as an adult deer, bobcat or coyote, a What You Can Do for you can exclude them. Relocating wild local animal control officer (in Marin, animals is no longer a legal option in the Marin Humane Society) will be dis- Wildlife in Spring California—even for professional patched to bring it to WildCare for fur- Nuisance Wildlife Control Operators! ther care. (NWCOs). Of the two choices, the only Do... If it is a smaller, less dangerous ani- call WildCare if you are uncertain one that works is exclusion. Killing the • intruder without fixing the problem mal, such as a bird or a young animal, whether an animal needs help. will just invite another animal to your you can bring it to WildCare yourself. keep your pets away from fledgling door (or attic)! Using poison is very Follow these guidelines: • songbirds and other wild babies. toxic to the environment. Besides the 1. Don’t get out of your car if there is a check for denning families before danger to pets and children, it enters chance you could be injured or cause • the food chain and can kill other an accident. Call the Marin Humane sealing crawl spaces. species that feed on carrion (and who Society at 415-883-4621. Don’t... doesn’t love a free meal?) 2. Protect yourself first. Use gloves and Sick, Injured or Orphaned a towel or blanket to get the animal •relocate wild animals into a ventilated, closeable box. •trim trees that may hold nests you Animals Remember unconscious animals can can't see Q: There is a baby bird on the ground. wake up quickly. kidnap a healthy wild animal. I think it is injured because it is hop- 3. Keep the animal warm. Do not give • ping around and the adult birds are it food or water.

4. Transport it quickly and quietly to

Raccoons; 6) Barn ; 7) Short-tailed Weasels (orphaned); 8) Mexican Freetail Bat; 9) Western Gray Squirrel. Gray Western 9) Bat; Freetail Mexican 8) (orphaned); Weasels Short-tailed 7) Owls; Barn 6) Raccoons; WildCare—minimum talking and no

The babies are: 1) Turkey Vulture; 2) North American Ringtails; 3) Western Gull; 4) American Kestrel (orphaned); 5) Northern 5) (orphaned); Kestrel American 4) Gull; Western 3) Ringtails; American North 2) Vulture; Turkey 1) are: babies The radios. Whose Baby is That? is Baby Whose

8 WildCare 415.453.1000 Spring/Summer 2005 just for kids... Whose Baby is That? ll of these baby animals the babies were found when Awere brought into WildCare by their mothers were out getting someone who found them. food. Now their moms want Some of the babies are them back! Can you help reunite orphans and will have to go the babies and their moms and 1 Sandra Christensen into foster care. But most of tell us which are the orphans? Write the baby’s number in the white box on its mom’s photo. Answers on page 8. 2 Mike Trotter 6 Sandra Christensen Mexican Freetail Bat Bob Bloomberg

3 7 Melanie Piazza LouAnn Partington Western Gull Archive North American Ringtail Melanie Piazza

4 Steven Shaw 8 JoLynn Taylor Western Gray Squirrel Lucy Burlingham Barn Owl Sandra Christensen

5 9 Sandra Christensen JoLynn Taylor Turkey Vulture © 2004 Tom Greer Northern Raccoon Archive Spring/Summer 2005 www.wildcarebayarea.org WildCare 9 the environmental approach… No Line Left Behind! by Melanie Piazza, Director of Animal Care

Among the most heartbreaking suffering are those patients that have wildlife cases we see are those that swallowed a fishing hook or become could easily have been prevented. tangled in discarded fishing line. Prime examples of such preventable Animals entangled in fishing line Sandy Trapp suffer from a variety of problems; the restricted ability to move can lead to monofilament line is shipped to Berkley drowning or starvation, vulnerability to Recycling Collection Center in Iowa predators, infections and even limb where the plastic will be recycled into amputation as the animal struggles other products. against the line. The increasingly large Cardboard bins are provided free of number of cases we see are just the charge by the recycler. WildCare is the ones lucky enough to first facility in the Bay be found and rescued. Area to have a monofil- Like other forms of ament line recycling bin thoughtless behavior, available to the public! discarded fishing line is Similar bins will be also a danger to installed indoors in humans. There have tackle, bait and sporting been cases of divers shops. For outdoor use, who have run out of air PVC recycling bins with before they were able to instructions in both free themselves from English and Spanish entanglement. Boaters will be installed at vari- are familiar with the ous locations. Forester damage, risk and Engineering in San expense of line tangled Rafael has agreed to in propellers or a boat’s donate enough PVC motor or bilge pump. pipe to make 30 bins And of course the envi- which will be con- ronment always suffers structed by WildCare Cardboard bins like the one above are provided volunteers. when littered. Plastic free of charge by Berkley Fishing. WildCare monofilament can per- Our first partner in volunteers will construct PCV bins like the one sist in the environment this new program is for up to 600 years. below. Photo courtesy of Monofilament Recovery The Marin Municipal & Recycling Program Water District. MMWD WildCare Fishing has requested bins for Line Recycling each of Marin’s reservoirs. They will Program monitor and empty the bins regularly. So, with a little luck and a lot of WildCare’s new hard work, it is our hope that pilot program is mod- WildCare’s Fishing Line Recycling eled on a monofilament Program will be a success in Marin, recycling program that and that the program will eventually has been successful in spread throughout the entire Bay Area. Florida. (Visit Wildlife, environment and humans www.fishinglinerecy- will only benefit! cling.org.) The used and tangled If you would like to be a part of the WFLRP team, know of Left: Pictures tell it all. It’s disheartening to treat the same funding sources, or have contacts in the fishing community preventable injuries over and over. Photos by Melanie that could assist us in this effort, please contact me at Piazza, Mary Pounder, Stephen Shaw, JoLynn Taylor [email protected]. 10 WildCare 415.453.1000 Spring/Summer 2005 #1654 His wounds were patient cleaned and he was given supportive care for several days before gallery he was moved to an outdoor run to provide Two Raccoons the opportunity to were admitted last win- climb and redevelop ter with serious injuries damaged neural path- ©2005 Erin Lubin caused by human care- ways. His prognosis for Stephen Shaw Great Blue Heron (#0006) was lessness and cruelty. release was guarded. captured by Keith Fraser at the Loch #1654 Bonnie Jo Cullison had On December 27, Lomond Bait Shop and admitted to watched Raccoon #1654 when Raccoon #1654 WildCare on January 6, 2005. Fishing for several weeks forag- had finally healed and line was wrapped around his lower ing with her mother and regrown enough fur in beak and a hook lodged in his upper a sibling as the young the injured area to ventriculus. This bird was well-known animal grew larger and withstand the winter to patrons and staff at the bait shop, larger within the con- temperatures outside, who had watched him grow up as one stricting rings of a six- she was cautiously of “the locals.” They affectionately called pack holder. Unable to introduced to raccoon him Nasty, Jr.—the offspring of an older Stephen Shaw get close enough to #1669. Young raccoons bird they now referred to as Nasty, Sr. remove the piece of trash, this caring are a social species; it was hoped the for his fierce territorial behavior. rescuer finally managed to humanely two handicapped animals would bond, trap the suffering animal on November The line was cut and surgery keep each other warm, and encourage removed the hook; nearly a month of 22 and the Marin Humane Society physical improvements in each other. brought her to WildCare. antibiotics and supportive care pre- The strategy worked. Both animals pared him for release. A band was The plastic was removed from her showed steady improvement over the placed on his leg by the International festering wounds and she began a next month. WildCare staff felt they Bird Rescue and Research Center, and month of wound treatment and antibi- would make a more suc- he was returned to his neighborhood otics. Xrays showed malformation of cessful return to life in the on her spine; prognosis for release was wild if they could be given February 2. guarded. a supported release Nasty, Sr. Raccoon #1669 arrived at together. A WildCare vol- was on WildCare on December 5 after Doug unteer close to where the hand for his Crowhurst reported the injured animal animals came from was son’s home- to the Marin Humane Society. able to provide that sup- coming, but Examination port, and on February 21, didn’t offer #1669 at WildCare the pair was released. much of a revealed that welcome. the young Melanie Piazza male had been shot in the WILDLIFE NEEDS YOUR HELP. face with what is thought to he long daylight hours of all aspects of animal care, from be a shot gun. T Five steel pro- spring and summer mean long working directly with the animals to jectiles were hours of work at a busy wildlife doing support tasks like laundry, Stephen Shaw lodged in his hospital. At this time of year, dishes and answering phones. All head and body. The animal seemed orphaned wild babies need care training is provided; no prior expe- blind in one eye; he staggered and cir- from dawn to dusk, and we need rience is necessary. cled to the left when trying to volunteers who will Call 415-453-100, ext.21 or walk and was unnaturally docile. help clean, feed and email [email protected] Medical staff were able to remove care for them! to learn more. two of the pellets. Volunteer vet- Just four hours a week can erinarian Ken Bacon advised As a WildCare against any attempt to remove volunteer, you will make all the difference to the recov- be trained to help in ery of an injured wild animal!

those lodged in his brain. Melanie Piazza Spring/Summer 2005 www.wildcarebayarea.org WildCare 11 April - August, 2005 Schedule of Events

Museum and Courtyard Wildlife Ambassadors* Wildlife Rehabilitation Programs Ambassadors in the Courtyard FREE Programs Pool : daily 12:30 & 4:30pm Terwilliger Nature Camps Raptors: daily 3-5pm, except New Volunteer Orientations Summer Camps, San Rafael Thursdays Orientation for Adult Volunteers, 1-5pm Wild Moms and Dads Corvids: every third Saturday, 1-3pm One-hour orientation followed by June 13-17, 9am-noon, ages 3-4 (April 16, May 21, June 18, July 16, August 20) 100–Introduction to Wildlife Helping Hands for Wildlife Rehabilitation $40.00 June 20-24, 9am-3pm, ages 10-12 March 12 April 9 May 14 Radical Reptiles Terwilliger Nature Guide June 11 July 9 August 13 June 27-July 1, 9am-3pm, ages 7-9 Programs Orientation for Student Volunteers Creatures of the Night Fall Nature Guide Training $50.00 Pre-registration is mandatory. July 5-8, 9am-noon, ages 5-6 September 17–November 19 May 24 or 25, 7-8pm FREE Wet and Wild July 5-8, 1-4pm, ages 5-6 Classes for Volunteers Helping Hands for Wildlife Events 101C–Zoonoses $10.00 July 11-15, 9am-3pm, ages 8-10 Spring Baby Shower* April 14, 6:30-8:30pm Awesome Avians Sunday, April 24, 1-4pm May 19, 6:30-8:30pm July 18-22, 9am-3pm, ages 7-9 Suggested donation $7 ($5 for members) June 16, 6:30-8:30pm Helping Hands for Wildlife July 14, 6:30-8:30pm July 25-29, 9am-3pm, ages 8-10 The Human Race Nature Detectives Saturday, May 7, 8-11am 102–Basic Songbird Skills $10.00 Aug 1-5, 9am-noon, ages 5-6 April 20, 6:30-8:30pm Creepy Crawlies Dining for Wildlife May 25, 6:30-8:30pm Aug 1-5, 1-4pm, ages 5-6 Tuesday-Wednesday June 22, 6:30-8:30pm Into the Woods May 17-18, 6-9pm July 20, 6:30-8:30pm Aug 8-12, 9am-3pm, ages 6-8 201–Wildlife Handling & Restraint $10.00 WildCare at the Farmers’ Market Planet Protectors * May 4, 6:30-8:30pm Marin Civic Center Aug 15-19, 9am-3pm, ages 7-9 June 8, 6:30-8:30pm Alternate Sundays, 7:45am-2pm Animal Neighbors April 10 & 24 May 12 & 29 202A–Captive Care for Wildlife $10.00 Aug 22-26, 9am-noon, ages 3-4 June 12 & 26 July 10 & 24 April 27, 6:30-8:30pm Summer Camps, China Camp August 14 & 28 June 1, 6:30-8:30pm Wildlife Adventures I June 29, 6:30-8:30pm June 27-July 1, 8:30am-2:30pm, ages 8-10 July 27, 6:30-8:30pm Wildlife Adventures II Joys of Hiking 203–Baby Mammal Care $10.00 July 18-22, 8:30am-2:30pm, ages 10-12 Thursdays, 9:30am-2pm $45.00/series April 30, 1:30-3pm Wildlife Adventures III Series VI: March 31, April 7, 11, 21 207–Necropsy $10.00 Aug 8-12, 8:30am-2:30pm, ages 10-12 Series VII: May 12, 19, 26, June 2 July 16, 1:30-3pm 217–Diet, Development and Related Call 415-454-3250 or Health Issues in Raccoons $10.00 415-883-4182 May 21, 1:30-3pm for reservations. *Pre-registration is required for all programs and events except those noted with an asterisk. Call 415-453-1000 Non-Profit Organization U. S. POSTAGE PAID Columbus, WI Permit No. 73