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Category: Birds
Owl Craft
Did you know? An owl can rotate their necks 270 degrees! Here you can make your own owl puppet! Supplies: (insert photo of owl supplies) Construction paper Pens/pencils/markers A small paper bag Glue Scissors Step 1: Using construction paper, draw and cut out the following: 2 sets of circles (for the inner and outer circles […]
Build Your Own Bird Feeder
Dr. Sam Sander, Director of Wildlife Medical Clinic, and Brianna Huff share healthy ways to feed wildlife with materials you already have at home!
Picture Perfect
Wildlife photography is more than just sitting in the woods with your camera, hoping that something cool will walk past for you to photograph. There’s a whole different aspect to it that not many realize. It takes planning, knowledge of the environment around you, early mornings, and a LOT of patience. To me, there’s no […]
Snow White and the Intramedullary Pin
In March of this year, a snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) presented to the Wildlife Medical Clinic with an injury to his left wing. This is a rare species to be seen in Illinois, with only six having been admitted to the WMC in the last 10 years! When migrating south from the Arctic Circle, it […]
Mother’s Day at the Wildlife Medical Clinic
Happy Mother’s Day to all the special critters we see at the Wildlife Medical Clinic and to all the human mothers that bring in these special critters for us to see. Did you know that baby animals tend have different names based on the species? Here is an incomplete list of some of the younger […]
Pelican Case Study
This adult male American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) presented to the Wildlife Medical Clinic in late November. The finders had been watching him on a local lake for the summer and were concerned that he couldn’t fly. When he failed to migrate south in the fall, they knew he was in trouble & brought him […]
Goodbye to Cynthia!
What inspired you to be a manager at the Wildlife Medical Clinic? Whenever anyone asked, “why did you pick the University of Illinois?”, I quickly replied that I wanted to be a part of the Wildlife Medical Clinic since I first heard about it. I was so excited about the idea of being around so […]
Spring in Illinois
As the snow melts and temperatures increase, Illinois will once again become alive with the sights, scents, and sounds of spring. Hibernating animals will emerge, butterflies and bees will be busy at work collecting pollen, and the musical tunes of songbirds will fill the air. Here are some things you can do outside your home […]
Love is in the Air (or Falling Through it?)
Picture this: it is a chilly December day, you are taking a walk outside, and the fresh snow is crunching under your snow boots. Not a cloud in the sky, and out of nowhere, you see two beautiful adult bald eagles TUMBLING HUNDREDS OF FEET TOWARDS THE ICY GROUND BELOW → OH NO! Not to worry […]