Bird Ally X: New Wild Review Monte Merrick

Reading a draft of an essay on ethics for our profession.

This podcast is the recording of a conversation over the internet (please forgive the occasional audio glitch!) with Veronica Bowers the founder and executive director of Native Songbird Care and Conservation in Sebastapol, California. Veronica is a leader in rehabilitative songbird care, a powerful advocate for songbird conservation and protection and a standard setter for excellence in wildlife rehabilitation. It was a great pleasure to sit down and talk with her about achieving excellence, maintaining high standards over time, mentoring those who are new to the field of wildlife rehabilitation and keeping oneself healthy and sane despite the stress, sorrow and trauma that are an inescapable part of this work. Pour yourself a mug of chamomile and settle in for a long chat with Veronica Bowers!

Our latest podcast, in which we discuss treating individuals of a controversial species.

It's been a long time since we've had an new episode of our podcast, for a variety of reasons! Tune in to hear what they are, and join us as we move from this very challenging year to embark on our most challenging year ever!!! The year of our big move! And as always, thank you for your love of the Wild and your support of our wildlife saving work!!!

Board of directors member and HWCC rehabilitator, Nora Chatmon (r) talks about human/wildlife conflict as Assistant Rehabilitation Manager, Lucinda Adamson (l) listens.







For the latest episode of New Wild Review, four-fifths of Humboldt Wildlife Care Center's clinic staff got together in February to talk about our Humane Solutions program - a backstage unfiltered eavesdrop as we talk about our work, our frustrations and some of the misconceptions about our wild neighbors that work against peaceful co-existence...







Rehabilitator and Humane Solutions consultant Brooke Brown.







Nora Chatmon, Lucinda Adamson, Monte Merrick and Brooke Brown discuss our Humane Solutions program, in a backstage way...







The discussion took off, lasting much longer than expected. In this epsiode, part one of our staff roundtable discussion, featuring Lucinda Adamson, Nora Chatmon, and Brooke Brown, we cover many of the frustrations - next episode the meaning, the awe and the victories - coming soon, the second half, in S2E3... We hope you enjoy this discussion and remember! - our successful work keeping wild families together comes from your support! Thank you!

2021 and hopefully new hope are here! For the first podcast of the new season, here's New Wild Review, vol 2 ep 1; - in which first we look at post release studies, and the limitations our obligations as caregivers place on invasive practices. Then we turn our attention to protecting wild families by protecting wild mothers - in this case skunks looking for mates and dens during the winter. Hope you find it informative and useful!















Thank you for helping us get through a difficult year!!! DONATE today to help us rescue injured and orphaned wild neighbors.