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Great Blue Heron

By Sarvey Wildlife / Monday, October 19, 2015 /

Found at Lake Ki in Arlington. It was extremely thin and weak and unable to fly. We discovered in x-rays that the bird has ingested some kind of metal object - most likely a fishing lure. He is standi... Read More

Turkey Vulture

By Sarvey Wildlife / Monday, October 12, 2015 /

This week we are profiling a previous patient again. The vulture that was stuck in an illegal leg hold trap (8/21/15) is improving and healing well. She was moved outside to a larger enclosure and fle... Read More

Fawns

By Sarvey Wildlife / Monday, October 5, 2015 /

This week we are highlighting ALL NINE of our fawns. They are now grown and have turned into beautiful young deer. They were all released yesterday. Thank You to ALL our staff, interns, and volun... Read More

Red-tail Hawk

By Sarvey Wildlife / Monday, September 28, 2015 /

This Red-tailed hawk arrived on July 1st from Marysville. No one was really sure why it was on the ground unable to fly. The hawk was having a lot of complications and difficulty breathing. X-rays did... Read More

Rescued Raccoon

By Sarvey Wildlife / Monday, September 21, 2015 /

A raccoon that was rescued this past Saturday had been stuck in a storm grate. One of our staff members went out to rescue him. He has a deep wound on the leg, but we are hopeful that the leg will hea... Read More

Cooper's hawk

By Sarvey Wildlife / Monday, September 14, 2015 /

Over the past couple of weeks 4 Cooper's Hawks have arrived at Sarvey. They all were juveniles and injured by window strikes. Learning to fly at high speeds while catching smaller birds for a meal... Read More

Northern Flying squirrels

By Sarvey Wildlife / Monday, September 7, 2015 /

We currently have 5 of these flying squirrels in our baby mammal nursery right now. Sadly, most of them were displaced and orphaned during our recent storms and high winds at the end of August, and on... Read More

Virginia Opossum family

By Sarvey Wildlife / Monday, August 31, 2015 /

This mother opossum and her two babies were found trapped inside of a rain barrel. She fell in with two babies attached to her and she was thin when she came to us. We are not sure exactly how long th... Read More

Trapped Turkey Vulture

By Sarvey Wildlife / Monday, August 24, 2015 /

This patient arrived on 8/21 and sadly was discovered in an illegal leg hold trap. She struggled a while and damaged the feathers on her wings, but the most serious injury is to her foot. S... Read More

Fire Squirrels

By Sarvey Wildlife / Monday, August 17, 2015 /

These 3 Eastern gray squirrels were rescued from a brush fire last week in Marysville. They were orphaned when a tree was cut down to stop the fire from spreading further. The team of firefighters fro... Read More

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