This trip should conclude at about 11 AM.ĭirections: We will meet at the Solano County Office of Education Parking lot, 5100 Business Center Drive, Fairfield. The release, coordinated by Jay Holcolmb of the International Bird Rescue Research. This is one of the best sites to study duck identification because of the variety and close range. EUREKA, CA - Approximately 15 birds affected by the Humboldt Bay oil. Rita Arwine, Director of Business Affairs, will give us a tour and explain the important environmental role the plant plays in treating wastewater for release into the Suisun Marsh. IBRRC has cared for over 140 species of wild birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians… In 2001 IBRRC moved to it’s current location in Fairfield/Cordelia.” -Excerpt from IBRRC Web site.įollowing the IBRRC tour, we will visit the Fairfield/Suisun Waste Water Treatment Plant. Our goals are to focus on the education and importance of spay and neuter in our community. Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti): Housed at DZC since its opening in 1937, but is now one of the rarest species of penguin and listed as vulnerable to. As IBRRC began to grow, it responded to an increasing number of oil spills including spills outside of California, rapidly expanding its body of knowledge. We are a rescue organization focusing on the animals of Humboldt County. the many starving birds at the International Bird Rescue Center in Cordelia are eating about 600 pounds of fish per day.
The Wright Refuge is a fantastic place for Humboldt students Black berries Sara extracting a bird from a mist-net. From Humboldt Wildlife Care Center: Pelicans Dying, Again UPDATED.
Great horned owls are one of the few birds that will eat skunk. Meet playful Humboldt penguins as they splash. This is the biggest sea bird rescue in the region for 20 years when a major oil spill impacted 20000 African Penguins. Location of Rescue: Near Bode in Humboldt Co Cause of Admission / Condition: Unknown as. Its primary goals were developing oiled wildlife cleaning and rehabilitation techniques, promoting ongoing research in this field and providing oiled wildlife response capabilities. Wright Wildlife Refuge Black-tailed deer. It is a continued development of the original Bird Garden which has been a part of the estate since the 1980s. “When two Standard Oil tankers collided in 1971 beneath the Golden Gate Bridge, spilling 900,000 gallons of crude oil, little was known about oiled bird care at that time and despite the courageous attempts of hundreds of volunteers, only 300 birds survived from the 7,000 birds collected… After the February 1971 spill a small group of volunteers formed the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC).
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