Today, I fed all the animals at the Wildlife Rescue by myself, for the first time ever. (Usually there are at least two, sometimes three of us). I don’t usually feed on Saturdays, but today I was filling in for someone who had surgery earlier in the week. I fed 56 animals today (well, 57 including Gizmo, whom I fed at home before I left this morning :D).
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(Post backdated to 2010, when these photos were originally taken).
Dissections nearly scared me away from biology. No kidding, when I first graduated from high school, I considered going into biology, but I always vetoed the idea, because I was convinced I’d never be able to handle dissecting an animal that had once been alive.
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I had a big surprise at the Sonoma County Wildlife Volunteer Appreciation party this afternoon – I received an AWARD!
I had no idea this was going to happen, and in fact I was really, really surprised. Apparently, though, Nicole knew about it, and insisted that I attend the party (otherwise I probably would have stayed home).
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In addition to working at the main site of the Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue, I’ve been doing one shift a week at the nearby Songbird Hospital, which is affiliated with the SCWR, but located at a different site (at the home of the woman who runs it and does most of the work).
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As a follow up to this post, I thought I’d post a picture of the most excellent “mouse” trap that I built earlier in the week.
The Vole Trap:
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Today, I had to build a mousetrap. Well, to be more specific, a vole trap. It’s a pretty funny story, but first you need to know some history.
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We’ve had some new arrivals at the Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue, and I thought I’d share a few pictures.
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Here are some photos from a field trip that I took back in April to the Fairfield-Osborn Preserve in Rohnert Park, a nature preserve that is owned and maintained by SSU. It was a field trip for my Diversity, Structure and Function class, a class which gave a systematic overview of the whole range of life on Earth, from bacteria through plants and animals. I love this class! 🙂
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Back in March, I started volunteering at the Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue, a center in Petaluma that rehabilitates native wildlife. What I’m doing right now with the organization is feeding the animals that live at the center (some permanent; some temporary).
I finally got around to taking some photos of the animals I work with, and thought that was a good excuse to write up a big entry about my experiences so far. Even if you’ve seen the photos on Facebook, you might want to read this – there’s loads more information about what I actually do at the center. Like feeding mountain lions, and getting kisses from a coyote. 🙂
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We’ve been on Spring Break this past week (later than just about everyone else, it seems), and the Bio Club at school (of which I am a member) had some fun activities planned. We went on two of them – a trip to a wild animal park called Safari West, and tidepooling at Pinnacle Gulch, near Bodega Bay. I also did a couple of other local things – I did some honest-to-goodness scientific research, counting pollinators on a species of wildflower that grows only at vernal pools, and I fed the animals at the wildlife rescue. Here are some photos from the two most photogenic adventures:
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