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Wildlife resources and partner organizations
Below you’ll find a curated collection of wildlife resources, rescue organizations, educational materials, and partner sites. For broken links, contact us at [email protected].
Our Community
Members, Volunteers & Friends
- ANewsCafe.com — Online News Magazine
- Bird-a-thon — PRBO
- Facebook — SWRR
- Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve
- Love Your Pet Expo
- Sneaking Bliss Blog — Red Tail Publishing, Mary Livingston
- The Birder’s Report — Larry Jordan
YouTube Videos About Us
- Birds of Prey — 9-part series on our Ed Animals
- Bald Eagle Flies Free — After rehab at the CA Raptor Center
- Great Horned Owl — Record Searchlight
- Education Animals — Record Searchlight
- Shasta Wildlife Rescue — Record Searchlight
- Run for the Wild 2014 — Record Searchlight
- Shasta Wildlife Rescue — Record Searchlight YouTube
Exploring Northern California Wildlife
Birding & Wildlife Viewing
- Audubon of California — Important Birding Area Maps
- Birders Guide to Shasta County
- Birding Sites in California (by county)
- California Watchable Wildlife
- Eagle Cam — Turtle Bay
- Flora and Fauna of Mt. Shasta
- Shasta County Bird List (PDF)
- Shasta County Birding Sites
- Tehama County Birding Sites
- Whiskeytown Environmental School
Getting Involved
- Bird-a-thon — PRBO
- Great Backyard Bird Count
- Citizen Science Blog — Cornell Lab
- eBird
- Healthy Shasta — Local parks & trails
- How to Organize a Birding Festival — ABA
- NatureMapping Program
- Public Participation in Scientific Research
- Tree Squirrel Project (PDF)
- Tree Squirrel Project — Facebook
Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation
Rescue Groups in Northern California
- Bear League — Homewood
- Bird Rescue Center — Santa Rosa
- Burrowing Owl Conservation — Berkeley
- CA Foundation for Birds of Prey — Sacramento
- California Raptor Center — UC Davis
- Eastern Sierra Wildlife Care — Bishop
- Flying Mammal Rescue (Bats) — Sacramento
- Gold Country Wildlife Rescue — Auburn
- Hodges’ Aviary — Eagleville
- Humboldt Wildlife Care Center — Arcata
- Kindred Spirits Fawn Rescue — Loomis
- Lindsay Wildlife Museum — Walnut Creek
- Native Animal Rescue — Santa Cruz
- Native Songbird Care — Sebastopol
- Northcoast Marine Mammal Center — Crescent City
- Northern California Bats — Davis
- R.A.I.N. — Shingletown
- SF Rescued Orphan Mammal Program
- Sierra Wildlife Rescue — Placerville
- Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue — Cotati
- Stanislaus Wildlife Care Center — Hughson
- Tri County Wildlife Care — Jackson
- Wildcare Bay Area — San Rafael
- Wildlife Care Association — McClellan
- Wildlife Care Center — San Mateo
- Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley — San Jose
- Wildlife Education & Rehab Center — Morgan Hill
- Wildlife Fawn Rescue — Kenwood
- Wildlife Rehab & Release — Grass Valley
- Wildlife Rescue of Napa County
- Wildlife Shelter Inc. — Homewood
- Wri Wildlife Rescue Center — Fort Jones
- SPCA Wildlife Rescue — Monterey
- Ohlone Wildlife Rehab Center — Newark
- Ventana Wildlife Society — Condor Rescue
- Wild Bird Rehab — Monterey Bay Aquarium
Find a Rehabilitator
- Bird Rehabilitators — Bird Day
- Raptor Centers — Bird Day
- Wildlife Rehabbers in California — CA DF&G
- Wildlife Rehabbers in the USA — WRID
Rehabilitation Resources
- Laws Regarding Wildlife — WRID
- Minimum Standards for Rehab — NWRA
- Rescuing Wildlife — Book by Peggy Henz
- WildAgain
- Wildlife Rehabilitation — CA DF&G
- Wildlife Rehab Information Directory
- Wildlife Rehab Classes Online — RCWC
- Wildlife Rehab Career Opportunities — NWRA
Injured Animal Care
Information on Injured Animal Care & Rescue
- Barn Owl Care
- Barn Owl Trust — Injured Owl, what to do
- Basic Stabilization of Wildlife (PDF)
- Bats in Captivity — Online book
- Bat World — Found a Bat?
- Bears — Bear With Us Sanctuary
- Bird Diets
- Bird Orphans
- Bird Rescue.org
- Crow Babies — Abandoned
- Crow Orphans
- Emergency Road Kits
- Found an Injured Animal?
- I Found a Bird — Extensive info
- I Found a Wild Animal — What should I do?
- Injured Birds — Mt. Shasta Audubon
- Messinger Woods — Wildlife Care & Education
- Opossum Society
- Opossum Rescue & Rehab
- Project Wildlife — Wildlife Facts
- Rabbits — Rescuing wild babies
- Raptors, Sick or Injured — UC Davis
- Skunk Baby Rescue
- Songbird Care & Education
- Squirrel Rehabilitation
- Squirrel Board — Forum
- Squirrel Rescue & Rehab
- Squirrel Babies — Reuniting with mom
- Tortoise Rescue
- Turkey Vulture Rescue
- What to do if? — Sarvey Wildlife
- Wildlife Emergency
- When Birds Can’t Fly
- WildCare
- Wildlife Emergency Checklist
- Wildlife Rehabber — General Info
- Wildlife Saving Tips
- Herpetology — Herp Care Collection
Sanctuaries, Parks & Organizations
Wildlife Sanctuaries, Parks, Refuges & Research Centers
- Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary
- Audubon Canyon Ranch — Stinson Beach
- Basin Range & Birding Trail — Alturas
- Bay Nature Institute — Berkeley
- Butte Valley Wildlife Area
- CA DF&W Places to Visit
- Chico Creek Nature Center
- Coleman National Fish Hatchery — Anderson
- CuriOdyssey — San Mateo
- Don Edwards SF Bay NWR
- East Bay Regional Park Wildlife
- Environmental Discovery Center — Santa Rosa
- Gray Lodge Wildlife Area
- Golden Gate Raptor Observatory
- Institute for Wildlife Studies — Arcata
- International Bird Rescue — Fairfield
- Klamath Basin NWR Complex
- Laguna de Santa Rosa Watershed
- Livingston Stone Fish Hatchery — Shasta Lake
- Marine Mammal Center — Sausalito
- Marine Wildlife Care Center — Arcata
- Modoc NWR
- Museum of Wildlife & Fish Biology — UC Davis
- Natural Reserve System — UC CA
- Petaluma Wetlands Alliance
- Point Reyes Bird Observatory — Petaluma
- Sacramento NWR Complex
- Sacramento River Discovery Center — Red Bluff
- SF Bay Bird Observatory — Milpitas
- Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research
- Sonoma County Parks Foundation
- Stone Lakes NWR — Elk Grove
- Suisun Wildlife Center
- Sulphur Creek Nature Center — Hayward
- Turtle Bay Exploration Park — Redding
- USFWS Wildlife Refuges — Pacific Southwest
- Wildlife Areas in N. CA & S. OR
- Wildlife Viewing Areas — California
- Yggdrasil Urban Wildlife Rescue — Oakland
- Youth Science Institute — San Jose
Wildlife Organizations — N. California
Government & National Organizations
- CA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
- California State Parks
- CCWR — CA Council of Wildlife Rehabilitators
- IWRC — Intl. Wildlife Rehab Council
- NWRA — Natl. Wildlife Rehabilitators Assoc.
- US Fish and Wildlife Service
- US National Parks Service
- US Bureau of Land Management — California
- Wildlife Society — National Office
Health, Safety & Veterinary
Animal Diseases & Medicine
- American Assoc. of Wildlife Veterinarians
- AVMA — American Veterinary Medical Assoc.
- Animal Poison Control Center
- Assoc. of Avian Veterinarians
- Diseases in Wildlife — CDC
- Merck Veterinary Manual
- National Wildlife Health Center
- Shasta Mosquito & Vector Control
- UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
- West Nile Virus Info — CA Dept. of Public Health
- Wildlife Disease Association
Emergency & Disaster Preparedness
- Animal Rescue Team — HSUS
- Disaster Plan for Animals
- Intl. Bird Rescue Research Center — Fairfield
- North Valley Animal Disaster Group — Chico
- Oiled Wildlife Care Network — UC Davis
- Red Rover — Sacramento
- SF Disaster Preparedness for Animals
- Veterinary Emergency Response Team — UC Davis
- Yuba Sutter Animal Disaster Assistance
Education & Fun
Wildlife Art & Artists
- Catherine G. McElroy — Water Colors
- David Allred — Wildlife
- Fred Gordon — Fish
- Inkart — Wildlife Illustrations
- Karen Hammer — Animals
- Molly Eckler Design — Wildlife
- Nanci Sackett — Wildlife
- Raptor Gallery — Glenn Nevill Photography
- Wild Rose Creations — Carved Emu & Ostrich Eggs
Wildlife Image Collections
- CalPhotos Collection — UC Berkeley
- Cute Overload
- Mammal Image Library
- National Digital Library — US FWS
- Zooborns — Cutest Zoo Animals
Wildlife Live Cams
- Condor Cam — TerraFocus
- Eagle Cam — Turtle Bay
- Live Cameras — Hancock Wildlife Foundation
Gifts, Materials & Supplies
- ABC Bird/Glass Collision Program
- Bat Store
- Bird Slide — Discourage nesting on buildings
- Red Tail Publishing — Anderson
- Window Alert — Bird-deterrent window decals
Fun Stuff, Education & General Information
- Keep Me Wild — CA DF&G
- National Zoo — Smithsonian
- NatureMapping Program
- Naturesongs — Animal Sound Recordings
- Creating a Wildlife Habitat
- Ornithology — The science of birds
- Owl Pages
- Owling.com
- Raptor Center — Univ. of Minnesota
- Raptor Information Network
- Smithsonian — N. American Mammal Guide
- Turtles & Tortoises — World Chelonian Trust
- What Bird — Bird ID Guide
- WildAnimalsOnline — Encyclopedia
- WildBirds.com
- Wild Bird Watching
- Wolf Information — Intl. Wolf Center
- Wildlife Damage Control — K-State
- Woodworking for Wildlife
- Center for Wildlife Information
- Coexisting with Wild Neighbors
- Birds of Prey Foundation
Animal Tracks, Tracking & Sign
- Animal Tracking — US Search and Rescue Task Force
- Animal Tracks Den — Bear Tracker
- Follow That Footprint — Wisconsin DNR
- Guide to Animal Tracking — Outdoor Action
- Mammal Tracks — USFS
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