The Second Chance Wildlife Rehabilitation is a non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to the care of sick, orphaned and injured wildlife. Director, Debbie Pappas stopped by Castle Country Radio to talk about how they are looking for volunteers, migrating hummingbirds and golden eagles.
The organization is always in need of adult volunteers to assist with many projects at the facility. “If your talent is like planting and things like that, which you know I would love to have people like that because plants look at me and scream in fear. We’ve got to have upkeep, we’ve got to have landscaping, we are a facility, we have to present properly. We recently had a group of gentlemen come out and make us a wonderful sign, which I have needed for 28 years and we finally got is this year. So there’s always something to be done, always,” stated Pappas. Anyone that would like to volunteer and have skills that could benefit the facility you are urged to contact Pappas at (435) 650-3441.
Many folks may have noticed a decline in sightings of hummingbirds around the area, this is due to them moving on to warmer climates. “I have not seen any hitting my feeders for a couple of weeks now. So I would assume that they are pretty much out of the area, which they are heading to warmer climates, where they can find flowering plants and insects because hummingbirds eat insects. Then the hummingbirds obviously that are in warmer climates, where there are flowering cactus, we have like in southern Utah into Arizona,” explained Pappas. It’s ok to take your feeders down for the season.
With winter months coming it’s important to know that the Golden Eagles have less room to feed so the roadways can become a danger for them. “So in the winter it’s harder for these predators, who are also by the way scavengers, to find their food, I mean it’s winter, it’s hard for everything. So they revert a lot of times to the deer that have been hit on the road and then so we see a lot more eagles strikes by vehicles in the winter time,” said Pappas. Just remember when you see a dead deer on the side of the road to just slow down in case there is an eagle nearby.
If you would like more information on Second Chance Wildlife Rehabilitation call (435) 650-3441 or visit their Facebook page.