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Nesting Season – The Baby Birds Are Alright

Birds, beasts & rum

Why so needy?

Dance for the Worm Moon

Happy vernal equinox!  I trust all my loyal followers were dancing along with me (in their hearts,...

Want to babysit?

The honey-do lists around my house might be slightly different than most households.  As a matter of...

A normal day in a crazy life

Watch for sick raccoons

The last straw

White owls and bluegrass: A perfect match

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Things you otter know

Good times, bad times

A full tummy promotes peaceful slumber It was the best of weeks, it was the worst of...

How to (ex)fix a broken bone, part...

Catching the osprey for release also read: How to (ex) fix a broken bone part 1 We have...

Fabulous wood storks

Tallying up 2018

Do our small efforts make a difference? You better believe they do!

So long, 2018, we hardly knew ya

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A tortoise with a cold

The best day

I can’t believe it’s almost here—my favourite day of the year.  Next Friday marks the winter solstice...

Keeping the lights on

PRWC resident sandhill crane Chickie Pants relies on the community for support Just a few years ago,...

Why do we do it?

How to (ex) fix a broken bone

You not-so-dirty rat

Stick out your tongue and say ‘Ugh!’

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Icarus flies again

What a weird place

As Led Zeppelin did a few years ago (47, to be exact), I found myself going to...

A modern day fairly tale

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before:  A frog leaps up and snatches a hummingbird in...

Picky eaters

As the PRWC world turns

The squirrels of autumn

Join the team

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Meet the parula

Shot down

Swallow tailed-kite on glove At least once every day, I swear off Facebook and threaten to cancel...

Say hola to our interns

There is some dissention as to whether explorer Juan Ponce de Leon, the namesake of the park...

Meet the armadillo

A Toothy Baby

Amateur Rehab

Uncomfortable facts

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Be The One

Earth Day 2018

Sunday, April 22, 2018 is Earth Day, the 48th anniversary of the celebration. In 1970 the event...

Luna’s Birthday 2018

Peace River Wildlife Center is a wildlife rehabilitation facility. Our primary mission is to treat and release...

Otter-ly fascinating

The people of PRWC

Icarus update

Whooo’s got a birthday?

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Avoiding rabies

Chelonian life

Today is the most important holiday of the year:  Groundhog Day.  While we don’t actually believe in...

Red tide lesser scaup update

Lesser scaups recovering from red tide[/caption]As reported previously, Peace River Wildlife Center admitted more than 40 lesser...

Meet our ambassadors

2017 rehab stats

Bright year ahead

Red tide maroons bluebills

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Icarus falls again

Slow down, you’re moving too fast

It’s T-time again.  No, not tea time—although with the cool mornings of late, a cup of hot...

No Margin, No Mission

No Margin, No Mission first Fast Pitch to potential donors raised over $20,000! Peace River Wildlife Center...

Growing Up Eagle

Bald Eagle Breeding Season

Blessing or curse?

Snowbirds and snow birds

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Don’t judge me by my search history

Can ‘coon

No, this isn’t yet another column about my travel exploits.  This week Peace River Wildlife Center admitted...

Slipping into fall

With all the hubbub over Hurricane Irma, how many of us missed the arrival of autumn?  Here...

The show must go on

Paranoia will destroy ya

It’s not all beer and skittles

Cute little stinkers

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It’s a boy!

Who wore it better?

In case you missed Fashion Week in Paris, do not despair.  It’s time for Couture Week at...

Same old story–mostly

“Have you tried turning it off and then back on again?”  I’m sure the on-call technicians for...

Why are you here?

No big deal? It was for her

Under Water

Not to decide is to decide.

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The birds and the bees

The eagle has landed

Peace River Wildlife Center received a frantic call from a landscaper recently.  A baby eagle had walked...

I am PRWC

I am PRWC.  I started volunteering at Peace River Wildlife Center as a cage cleaner in 2004. ...

Osprey (mis)adventures

Barred owl re-nest

Here come the babies

Make mine chocolate!

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Happy birthday, Luna

Broody screech

Peace River Wildlife Center admitted an eastern screech owl this week when her nest was destroyed.  The...

Owl down!

Peace River Wildlife Center took in our first young great horned owl of the year this week. ...

Manic Monday

Thank you, volunteers

X-ray vision

The other crane report

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Vacations, interrupted

2016 by the numbers

The numbers are in and the winner is…Peace River Wildlife Center and the Charlotte Harbor community!  Our...

Saving two birds with one bone

My (doctor’s imposed) New Year’s Resolution is to modify my diet.  During a recent check-up, I was...

Goodbye 2016

When Squirrels Fly

Celebrate the holidays with Bella and Luna

Open today, and in the future

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Bats in our belfry

Oh, rats!

My tales of home care woe continue this week.  In addition to my three raccoon babies, I...

Raccoon math and biology

A recent discovery is about to turn the science of genetics on its head.  I’m pretty sure...

Frankentortoise

First snowbirds show up in SW FL

That’s one moist owlette

A tale of two tough birds

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Strange Days Indeed

Coastal Cleanup Day

I will be out on the beach on Manasota Key this Saturday morning picking up trash.  That...

Black-bellied whistling duckling

Peace River Wildlife Center was the scene of an alien invasion recently.  Not of the extraterrestrial variety,...

Raccoon Follies

Goodbye, Screech

Bobcat Rescue

Harbor Nissan Gives Back

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Volunteer Opportunities

Behind the scenes

At Peace River Wildlife Center, we have over 100 birds on display to the public seven days...

Cuervo, it’s not just for breakfast anymore

A few lucky Peace River Wildlife Center supporters and home renovation do-it-yourselfers got a sneak preview of...

The sky is falling!

What time is it?

Whooo wants to help an owl?

Not the Usual Suspects

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When Doves Cry

Happy Earth Day 2016

Friday, April 22, 2016 is Earth Day, the 46th anniversary of the celebration.  In 1970 the event...

Happy Birthday, Luna

Be careful what you wish for…you just might get it.  Peace River Wildlife Center recently celebrated our...

Twice rescued

A friend in the night

Opossums, Road Runners and Bears (not really), oh my!

Golfers earn a special reward

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Support Wildlife Rehabilitation

Cedar Waxwings on Spring Break

I went a little crazy on a recent three-day weekend at the beach.  After seeing the movie...

Migratory Bird Treaty Celebrates 100 Years or...

  This year celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Migratory Bird Treaty, originally between the United States...

Five Drunken Pelicans

Lesser Scaup Rumba

The trouble with trebles

Sempre fi

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Sempre fi

Snowbird down!

Peace River Wildlife Center is starting off the new year with a bang.  Not the fireworks at...

Happy New Year

Ah, New Year’s Eve.  A time for reflection, revelry and resolutions.  This year I am definitely going...

PRWC Christmas

Tackling that tackle problem

12 days of Christmas, PRWC style

Tripod opossum dances into our hearts

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Much to be thankful for

You want fries with THAT?!?

An opossum walks into McDonald’s.  That’s it.  There is no punchline.  This is not a joke.  Especially...

Barred owl with gunshot wound

Wildlife-1, Gun-Toting Troglodytes-0.  I’m not even referring to the recent black bear hunt in Florida.  I refuse...

Catbird vs Cowbird

Barred Owl Saved From The Drink

Ready or not, it’s the red tide red knots

Cannibals for Dinner

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Southern Flying Squirrels

Great Horned Owl Rescue

I have the perfect job for someone who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.  Unfortunately I don’t think...

Sandhill Crane Surgery

Wally’s family is back in the news.  Peace River Wildlife Center’s faithful followers may remember a sandhill...

Blind Baby Bobcat

PGFD is on Fire!

Not the mama, but close enough

The Martian Beachcomber

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Killer ‘Dillas Attack Florida

On The Road Again

Better lucky than good.  Or, as in my case, neither of those apply, but you keep plugging...

Bat Rehab

If variety is the spice of life, at Peace River Wildlife Center things can get downright hot. ...

Young Heron Meets a Hero

Ecologinomical

Who Let the Dogs Out?

Feathered Foster Fathers

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The Good Father

Volunteer to Feed the Baby Birds

The upcoming weekend of June 12-14, 2015 will be the Punta Gorda Blues, Brews & BBQ Fest. ...

Mitey Bobcat

Over the past few weeks Peace River Wildlife Center has been treating a juvenile bobcat.  He came...

Red Fox Family

Glossy Ibis

Flippers or Feet?

Love ’em? Please leave ’em

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Congratulations! It’s 2 Boys? 3 Girls? 5 Aliens??

So long and thanks for the fish....

Snarled traffic on US-41 through Port Charlotte notwithstanding, life is starting to slow down here in southwest...

50 Shades of Grey Squirrel

I am currently not on speaking terms with groundhogs from Pennsylvania or WaterLine publishers.  I’m not sure...

The Bambi Effect

Grey Fox Goddess

Comic Con for Raptor Lovers

Don’t Rescue Me

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Where the Wild Things Are

Good Old What’s-his-name

Peace River Wildlife Center admitted an American White Pelican on January 5, 2015.  He was brought to...

Goodbye Bobo

It is with a heavy heart that I must inform Peace River Wildlife Center’s supporters that our...

Bitter ‘Nole Precedents and Bittern New Residents

A Little Blue Over The Holidays

What’s Up, Duck?

Team Bella vs Team Luna

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Dirty Laundry

Birds and Squirrels and Bears, Oh My!

Sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you.  No, we are not going to...

Pickles’ Precarious Predicament

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Peace River Wildlife Center.  From the underpaid staff, to the...

A Tale of Three Birds

Flatwoods Eagle, Flat Out

Trick or Treat–Raccoon on the Roof

(Do Not) Put a Bobcat in Your Trunk

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Wildlife Rescue-a Job and an Adventure

Raccoons, Rabies, and the Rest of the...

A big shout out to Josh Olive, the esteemed publisher of WaterLine, for looking out for me. ...

The end is NOT near

  Once upon a time there was a sweet, innocent wildlife rehabilitation center that loved nothing more...

A Hitchhiker’s Guide to PRWC

Coastal Cleanup 2014

Eagle Soars Again

It’s Not The Heat

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Batty for Bats

Squirrel Season

I realize the first breaths of a cool autumn breeze are weeks if not months away here...

Ridin’ the Storm Out

  Where were you during Charley?  That is the question on everyone’s lips and minds this week...

Elle–Guardian of Her Galaxy

Saving Cranes

Find something new to you and support PRWC

Luau with Luna

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Throw Back Thursday

It’s Good To Be Back From Vacation

I’m baaaack. For those of you who missed me, thanks for the well-wishes and for constantly interrupting...

Empty Nest Syndrome

Everyone handles Empty Nest Syndrome differently. My only child is a senior at Charlotte High School this...

A Crane-Full of Appreciation

Where in the World Is Wally?

Giving Challenge and Wally the Sandhill Crane