THROUGH THESE DOORS

by Nancy Rubin

The fall and winter months are not as hectic as spring and summer at the shelter, but we still manage to keep busy. The following animals -- mostly feathered friends -- were guests at Wildlife Rescue from October through mid-January:

A Red-Throated Loon grounded in a soccer field was treated and released the next day
A Mallard with a rubber band around his neck -- fortunately not injured
A Burrowing Owl that apparently mistook a hole for a burrow and got stuck -- it was released three days later
Two Goldfinches in trouble at Cubberley Community Center were treated and released

A Cooper's Hawk who found his way into Long's Drug Store in Mountain View
Our first baby Hummingbird of the season arrived in December
Several male Anna's Hummingbirds who knocked themselves out doing the annual mating dance
Warblers, Waxwings, Thrushes, Towhees, and a Sharp-shinned Hawk, all of whom crashed into windows
And a special non-feathered guest: an Opossum who got on the wrong side of someone's dog