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Help! I found a baby bird! |
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Written by Carol Lee
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For a comprehensive explanation of what to do when you find a baby bird in your yard, please read Baby Birds 101 . Many young birds perish needlessly every year at the hands of well-meaning people. There are definitely things that should be done and definitely things that SHOULD NOT be done! Before you bring a bird to the Wildlife Center or call us during our very hectic summer season, please take a few minutes to read Baby Birds 101.  Photo by Carol Lee, SPWRC Always remember to rescue but don't kidnap healthy fledglings! |
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The cost of care and feeding |
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Written by Administrator
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We need your help to make sure the displaced, orphaned and injured wild animals brought to SPWRC have food, shelter, and quality medical care throughout the year. Each year, we tend to more than a thousand animals that come through our doors. Our objective is always to provide the best care and to release the animals brought to us back into the wild. |
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Barn Swallows back on Texas South Plains |
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Written by Carol Lee
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The Wildlife Center only admits about a dozen barn swallows each year, but at least once a week throughout this summer someone tells me a story about their clan of barn swallows, e-mails photos of their swallow nests or asks how to attract them.
In early May a Lubbock resident wrote to say a pair of barn swallows zeroed in on a single metal bolt under their porch and decided to construct their nest around it. He wrote again May 15th and sent a photo – their mud nest was indeed built around the large bolt. He wasn’t sure if they could pull that off, but in no time at all, the swallow home was completed and ready for occupancy.  Photo by Carol Lee, SPWRC |
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Sell Your Unwanted Items to Benefit SPWRC |
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Written by Administrator
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The South Plains Wildlife Rehabilitation Center is now an officially registered charity with eBay Giving Works. eBay Giving Works helps nonprofits by giving every day eBay sellers the ability to donate to the certified nonprofit of their choice. Anyone can select SPWRC as the recipient for a portion of their sale price of an item (minimum $5 donation required). Any eBay seller can donate 10-100% of the final sale price. Read the PDF here for step by step instructions on how SPWRC can receive donations via your sale on eBay. Special thanks to our adviser William Van Pelt for setting this up! |
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Written by Web Master
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Welcome to our new look at South Plains Wildlife Rehabilitation Center's web presence. We are in the process of doing a major makeover on the site and hope you will bear with us. We hope you'll check back soon to see our new content and explore our new look. We continue to grow with your generous help and support.  Photo by Carol Lee |
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The Cardinal and the Cowbird |
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Written by Carol Lee
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Several years ago I brought a fledgling home from the Wildlife Center and put it in a cage with a juvenile house finch. While they resembled each other, the new bird was larger, heavier and streaked differently. Later I heard the newcomer piping, just like the young cardinal I was raising in the adjacent cage. When my husband saw it, he agreed that although the new bird looked like the finch but sounded like a cardinal, he said without hesitation, “It’s a cowbird that was raised by a cardinal.”
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