Who is that Masked Bird?

Novice bird watchers often get Loggerhead Shrikes confused with Mockingbirds. They are close enough in looks that a quick glance misidentification is understandable. On second glance, even a novice will know that there is something different here – the bird looks like a Mockingbird on steroids!  While they are about the same size and both [...]

40 Species This Week!

The Wildlife Center has begun to see the shift of spring mammals to baby birds.  The birds are arriving in all shapes, varieties and ages.  For the next several months, the variety of species brought to the Wildlife Center will continue to increase as more baby birds arrive. Last year the Wildlife Center admitted almost [...]

Found a Baby? Now What

The most important thing to do if you find a baby wild animal is to make sure it truly is an orphan!! Wild animals are extremely good parents and many times well meaning rescuers pick up and whisk away healthy youngsters while their parents watch. This is especially true of fawn, baby rabbit and fledgling [...]

Spring has Sprung

Whew…It’s been nuts at the Wildlife Center (pun intended) It’s been a busy Spring…and the flood of baby birds hasn’t even started. Yes, there has been a few birds here and there, but the vast majority of admissions have been squirrels and opossums. During the last couple of months the Wildlife Center has taken in [...]

2010 Golf Tournament

WR&E proudly announces its 6th Annual Benefit Golf Tournament will be held at the Evergreen Point Golf Course in Baytown! This is a beautiful course, the azaleas will be in bloom and lucky participants may get a glimpse of the resident pair of Bald Eagles and their two chicks! This year in addition to all [...]

Four Brown Pelicans wing towards freedom

As a supporter of the Wildlife Rehab & Education Center, we would like to share a moment with you that all wildlife rehabilitators and volunteers cherish – the release of four brown pelicans back to the wild!
This group includes the pelican found sheltering on the 5th floor of a high-rise in Houston, the one found [...]

Oiled Wildlife Response Workshop

WR&E announces its first Oiled Wildlife Response Workshop of 2010
  The workshop is sponsored by a grant from the Texas General Land Office,
                                                            Oil Spill Prevention and Response Division
 Friday March 12, 2010  9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
 Corpus Christi Area Oil Spill Control Association
 Corpus Christi, Texas
 
 Lunch will be provided by CITGO Refining and Chemicals
 
This is the [...]

Lifesaving Image

Reading X-rays can sometimes be very tricky. Medical professionals receive extensive training, but any layman can see what’s wrong with this Muscovy duck. Not only is the hook well imaged, it is so good you can see the barb! The duck is continuing to recover at the Wildlife Center after surgical removal of the hook. [...]

New X-Ray Machine

OUR DIGITAL X-RAY MACHINE IS HERE! As we told you in December, long time WR&E volunteer Dr. Carl Gullick, donated a new digital x-ray machine! Well, it’s here and we’ve x-rayed our first patient! Dr. Brenda Flores examined a Muscovy duck that was in distress, unable to determine the problem an x-ray was performed. The [...]

Winter’s Injuries

Late fall and winter is an emotionally and financially difficult time at the Wildlife Center. While the sheer numbers are down drastically, the patients that come to our doors during late fall and winter are heart wrenching. Almost all of the patients are older juveniles and adults, so they must be weaker than a baby [...]

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