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).
(more…)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:
(more…)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.
(more…)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. 🙂
(more…)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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Heh. I just found an entry I started writing last Friday . . . and never managed to post. Mostly because school is keeping me busy. Busy in a good way, but I’m ending most days feeling mentally (and because of that, physically) exhausted.
(more…)Last Thursday, we took advantage of one of the last few days of summer to make a trip to the coast. I’d driven through Bodega Bay before (on our return trip from Mount St. Helens last year), but this is the first time I’d stopped and spent any time there. We had lunch in a bay-side restaurant, where we got to watch pelicans and seals and sea lions and cormorants and, yes, gulls who looked like they might go crazed and attack at any moment. 😉
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