Pair of Red-tailed Hawks wow crowd

In honor and memory of Dr. Ned Dudney, two juvenile Red-tailed hawks were released from the The Dr. Ned & Fay Dudney Clear Creek Nature Center in League City, TX Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. His widow, Fay Dudney and daughter Vaness Hamilton were in attendance. A planned third hawk was held back because damaged [...]

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 [...]

Public Release of Three Red-tailed Hawks

The release of three Red-Tailed Hawks will be in honor and in memory of Dr. Ned Dudney who for 50 years served as family doctor to many grateful patients, some across 5 generations. He enthusiastically participated with the early development of League City and the greater Bay Area. This leadership and his service to his [...]

The Stories They Could Tell

The Peregrine Falcon loved city life. It ran in his family, he was born high atop the U.S. Bank building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin during the spring of 2007. Humans banded his leg before he could fly on May 31st, the band read (b/g) E/43, but the researchers called him Samson. He grew strong and learned [...]

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 [...]

Spring’s Herald

The Wildlife Center has experienced a break from the overwhelming demands of caring for orphans, but winter brings its own challenges. With the exception of an out-of-season clutch of ducks, a couple of pinkie squirrels or opossums, the Great Horned Owl babies usually herald the return of spring. This year a Barn Owl fledgling  was [...]

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 [...]

Cedar Waxwing have arrived in area

Winter brings some of our favorite visitors from the north. Flocks of American Robins, Goldfinch, and Cedar Waxwings are spending the next few months on our Gulf Coast. 
The Wildlife Center received its first Cedar Waxwing of the season. The patient is a gorgeous adult who flew into a window and sustained a minor head trauma as well as soft [...]

Freeze Impacts Wildlife

The Wildlife Rehab & Education Center, Houston’s only native wildlife trauma hospital for ALL species of injured, ill and orphaned wildlife is reminding the public to be on the lookout for wildlife impacted by the freezing temperatures. WR&E Wildlife Center has seen an increase in animals brought to the Center due to the freezing weather. [...]

January 2010 Update

NEW PELICAN VIDEO!
Watch as WR&E staff gavage feed a juvenile pelican who was rescued from the fifth floor of a downtown high-rise.
Click here to view the video!
 
UPCOMING EVENT – GOLF TOURNAMENT
WR&E proudly announces its 6th Annual Benefit Golf Tournament will be held at Evergreen Point Golf Course in Baytown! This is a beautiful course, the azaleas [...]

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