The Wildlife Rescue (http://www.wrinm.org/events.html) clinic's busy baby-bird season starts on May 1, when we go back to 2 shifts from 8am - 5pm seven days a week. And we are always looking for good volunteers. Two of our shift managers are homeschooling moms and we rely on our pre-teen and teen volunteers to get us through the season. If you and/or your kids are interested in volunteering with injured and orphaned wildlife, please jois us for our annual new volunteer training coming up on April 5 and April 12, from 9-1 both days. Kids 15 and up can work without a parent. Anyone 12-15 needs to have a parent with them, at least initially.
The clinic is on the Rio Grande Nature Center grounds on the far west end of Candelaria NW. Volunteers help us with a wide variety of jobs from cleaning cages to doing dishes and from prepping food to feeding baby birds.
Because we are a hospital and our permits do not allow us to have rehab animals on display, there is only one day a year when the clinic is open to the public. Our Open House will take place on April 26 from 10-1. Join us to tour our facility, visit with our education raptors, and speak with rehabilitators and government agency officials. We'll even have a bluegrass band entertaining visitors.
For information on any of this, contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Alison Owens (alisono@swcp.com). If you have questions about clinic practices, feel free to email me directly.
Kristin Madden
Karl's mom and Wildlife Rescue Clinic Director
mom3madden@msn.com
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