Rowena Wildlife Clinic

09/28/2024

Looking for something to do tonight? Come to The Ruins in Hood River from 6-9 for a blues concert and a benefit for our clinic! Tickets are $40 at the door.

We’ll have a silent auction to raise additional funds with amazing local goods like e-bike tours, rafting trips, wine tastings, art, photography, and more!

All profits support RWC and our sister clinic, Mountain Top Wildlife.

07/03/2024

Happy 4th of July weekend! Please remember that wildlife startle from the fireworks and often leave their nests or dens as a reaction. They might be darting across roads or flying erratically, and one easy way we can help them is to drive slower and more mindfully this holiday weekend!

Here are three of our current patients, all suffering from the result of vehicular collisions:

📷 1: Fox kit, orphaned when mom was hit by car, rescued by ODFW
📷 2: Bald Eagle, suffering from lead poisoning likely leading to a vehicle collision and severe head trauma, rescued by WA state patrol
📷 3: Western Screech Owl, head trauma from a vehicle collision

04/27/2024

Hi friends! Did you know our sister clinic in White Salmon, Mountain Top Wildlife, is on Facebook? Give them a follow for more wildlife updates in the Gorge area!

What should you do if a squirrel approaches you, like the one in the photo below? Call our wildlife hotline at 541-615-1565! The squirrel is likely in need of medical attention.

Young squirrels will approach humans when they are starving and cold and are frantically looking for a ‘mother’ figure to help them.

Mountain Top Wildlife can help orphaned squirrels like this. We provide medical care for hypothermic and starving squirrels, who require delicate warming and re-feeding so their systems aren’t overloaded. Our rehabilitation process also helps young squirrels develop natural behaviors (think: foraging for nuts, building nests) so they can be successfully released back into the wild.

We’re grateful to the rescuer from Vancouver who called Mountain Top for advice about this squirrel, and we were able to connect him with a rehabber in his area.

03/22/2024

Join us this Saturday from 9-12 at UCD’s TreeFest at Rheingarten Park in White Salmon! Ash and Dr. Dave will be at our table answering wildlife questions and providing updates about our sister clinic’s progress, Mountain Top Wildlife! Our education Great-Horned Owl will also be joining them. 🦉

12/21/2023

We have two Varied Thrushes in the clinic right now, one with a coracoid fracture (by the shoulder) and one with a ‘hand’ fracture. We hope to release both back to the wild within a few weeks.

In warmer months, these birds are found up toward the mountain, deep in the conifer forests where they munch on insects. In the winter and during heavy snowfall, they journey to the open—like the Hood River Valley—where they feast on winter berries, nuts, and fruit.

Next time you glance outside, see if you notice any Varied Thrushes visiting your yard! Their size and coloring is similar to that of an American Robin.