lisajanrose, Author at Native Animal Rescue

The Quiet Disappearance of the American Kestrel

By Clara Elliott, Naturalist and Wildlife Educator The American kestrel is a small presence in a big landscape, easy to overlook unless you know how and where to look. About the size of a scrub jay, with long, pointed wings and a narrow tail, it is the smallest falcon...

Native Animal Rescue Video Gallery

Articles, Bird, Fox, Native Animal Rescue, News, Owls, Rehabilitation, Rescue

A young Gray Fox–being chased by dogs–was rescued by two walkers who brought her to Native Animal Rescue. The fox’s eyes were an unearthly shade of blue. The veterinarian prescribed daily eyedrops to clear up the fox’s eyes. The treatment was a...

The Bat Crisis of 2024

Articles, Bats, News, Rehabilitation, Release, Rescue

In July, a heat-wave with temperatures reaching 118 degrees had a deadly impact on a huge maternity roost of Mexican free-tailed bats located on the underside of a freeway overpass in Bakersfield. Surviving baby bats were dispersed to wildlife rescue centers across...

The Pelican Crisis of 2024: Just Feathers and Bones

News, Pelicans, Rescue

This April and May, in the middle of the busy baby season, hundreds of starving Brown Pelicans turned up weak and disoriented on our beaches. Whereas NAR normally handles 30 pelicans a year, this year, over 240 starving pelicans were brought to NAR. This newsletter...

National Geographic Comes to Native Animal Rescue

Articles, News, Rehabilitation

A quiet afternoon at Native Animal Rescue lights up when famed National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore walks in. Early one morning in June 2024, NAR received an email from National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore. Joel was photographing unusual animals at...

The Quiet Disappearance of the American Kestrel

Native Animal Rescue Video Gallery

The Bat Crisis of 2024

The Pelican Crisis of 2024: Just Feathers and Bones

National Geographic Comes to Native Animal Rescue

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