Wildlife

Wild Hummingbird sitting on a nest made in a small fork of a branch.

Hummingbirds

The Tiniest Thru-Hiker Ruby-throated hummingbirds can fly over 1,000 miles without stopping, an impressive feat for acreature that usually weighs in at just around 4 grams. These hummingbirds are a migratoryspecies, spending their summers spread…
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Ruby throated hummingbird wildlife patients perching on a branch.

Should You Feed Wildlife?

At the Wildlife Medical Clinic, we receive many phone calls from caring members of the community asking if they should be feeding healthy and/or injured wildlife. We truly appreciate when citizens care enough about our…
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A baby snapping turtle is being held in a gloved hand outside with its plastron facing the camera

Why Did the Turtle Cross the Road?

A Perilous Journey Every year thousands of turtles cross our roads for various reasons. As the weather warms up, many turtles search for new territories, breeding grounds, or food. Year after year in late spring,…
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Picture of a cow on pasture for HawkTalk

HPAI – Best Practices

HPAI and Public Health Highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly referred to as HPAI, has become a common topic in conversation today. This may be attributed to the virus being detected in animals other than poultry…
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Cat yawning and showing off teeth

That Bites!

Bite Wounds The Wildlife Medical Clinic has indeed seen it all in terms of injuries from human, domestic animal, and wildlife sources. Whether it be an accident or by instinct, all injuries, big and small,…
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Baby red fox curled up asleep

The Hard Life of a Red Fox

About the Red Fox The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is a part of the Canidae family and can be found to weigh seven to eighteen pounds, which is about the same weight of the average…
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