Wildwoods

22/06/2026

Our blue jay and robin nestlings are sharing an incubator, and apparently decided they will try to share a nest as well.

You'll hear this from every rehabber in the state, but oh my goodness, this is a super busy spring/summer!

We have a couple of things on our baby shower list that we are in need of:

*Three more cans of Esbilac
*Two more Small Pet Select Orchard Grass Hay Pet Food
*One more roll of Artificial Grass Rug Indoor Outdoor

We are running through food and supplies like crazy this summer, and any support helps! Link to the baby shower is in the first comment.

Thank you!

18/06/2026

Did you know that we get more birds than any other each year Last year, 45 percent of the animals passing through Wildwoods were birds (not even including raptors!). The 581 birds had represented 81 different species.

These are four of the birds that we currently have in care. An eastern phoebe fledgling, a blue jay nestling, an American robin nestling, and a chipping sparrow nestling.

15/06/2026

We received not one but two North American river otters yesterday, both arriving to us under differing circumstances. One was found alone in someone's yard and the mother never returned. The other pup was saved after the mother was hit and killed by a car. Thankfully the car missed the pup.

These two otters are now on their way to Cripple Critter Ranch in Babbitt, MN. If anyone out there has fish that you need to get rid of, we can guarantee you that Heather at Cripple Critter will take it! She has a lot of otters in her care this summer. You can find her contact information here: http://cripplecritter.com/

This has been an extremely busy time for us so we decided to run our numbers. It turns out that our animal admits from April 1 through June 15 are up by 25 percent from this same time period last year.

This also means that our expenses up are as well. Any support for the animals is much appreciated!

12/06/2026

More babies to share! We received these southern flying squirrels (yes, southern!) a couple of days ago. They came in together and will likely be headed to Grand Rapids Wildlife Rehabilitation soon to join a southern flying squirrel there that has been needing companionship. For now, they are in our nursery.

We also have a surprise new group! These are baby woodchucks, or, as they are very aptly called, chucklets. We have 7 of them. We haven't had chucklets this young before, and one of our staff members is kindly providing round the clock feedings for them. We waited before posting about them since they are so small, but they seem to be coming along well!

Even though it is not even mid-June, we've been going through a tremendous amount of resources to help spring babies. They started arriving at Wildwoods earlier than usual, two months ago, and it is a but if a strain for us.

We could use additional support to help us in this time as things are not slowing down. We truly would be unable to be here if not for our kind and caring supporters.

Any support is appreciated and will go directly to the care of the animals we are working with. You can donate here or on our website (link in the first comment).

Thank you for being a partner with us.

11/06/2026

Be that weird guy who pulled over and checked on the animal that was hit by a car to see if it was still alive and needed help.

Be the construction worker that left work early while his buddies laughed at him because he found an injured squirrel and wanted to get it to safety.

Be the irritating woman who isn’t afraid to stop traffic because a mama duck is trying to cross the road with her babies.

Be the gross person who isn’t disgusted by a mangy fox and sees it as an animal that needs help from the right people.

Be the aggravating informant who tells the guy buying rat poison what it does to our local wildlife.

Be the uncool kid who stops his friends from trying to hurt a snake they found for fun.

When we start feeling bad or embarrassed for showing EMPATHY toward another and trying to SAVE A LIFE, then we have let the opinions of others mean WAY too much.

Never apologize for being a good and caring human being. There aren’t enough in this world.

Jane Newhouse
Newhouse Wildlife Rescue

11/06/2026

UPDATE: I erroneously posted we are looking or common mergansers. I meant hooded mergansers!

We are looking for sightings of wood ducks and hooded mergansers in the Duluth area. We have several baby waterfowl that we would like to foster out if possible. If you see a common merganser family or wood duck family with ducklings please take a photo and send it our way with the location and time/day seen. You can text us and send photos to 218-491-3604.

The photo of the hooded merganser is a heart-breaker, we'll admit. We do not have another hooded merganser to go with him and have been asking other rehab sites if they have any and they do not. This guy won't make it alone. (All single animals have mirrors to help with loneliness). We do have another single hooded merganser on its way here, but the size differential makes it unlikely that we will be bale to keep them together.

These two wood ducks came in last night but would also be better off if they had a family.

Thank you for your help!

10/06/2026

This is barred owl is an older nestling or, as we would call him, a brancher. At this age, owlets are getting larger and out of the nest. They can sit on a branch and as they continue to mature, they will be able to "ladder." That is, they will be able to hop up and down from branch to branch.

After a day and night at Wildwoods, this guy is on his way to The Raptor Center.

Today has been another very busy day here... We are going through supplies right and left. We have a fairly dire need for bath sized towels (no washcloths or hand towels please).

If you have any bath towels laying around that you are looking for a new home for, we will take them! You can drop them off at any time.

Thank you!

09/06/2026

We just saw this post on Facebook! A huge thank you to Merg's Market!

🐿️ Chippy wants to know if you will buy a pair of handmade earrings to support his friends at ! 100% of proceeds will be donated from the 🇺🇸 collection.

❤️ Genuine Leather
🤍 Stainless Steel Fixings
💙 Only 1 of Each Available

$11 Each • Mailed with regular stamp on envelope.

*No wildlife was harmed or touched in the photo process. He was also well compensated with sunflower seeds for the use of his image.

09/06/2026

Cuteness abounds. The bunnies are getting older, and the young fledgling robins have reached peak old man stage. Fawns are still coming in, though the vast majority of fawns that people are calling about are 100 percent fine where they are, waiting for mom.

We received some surprise babies yesterday and will share them with everyone once we have a better idea of their health status.

In the meantime, we are awaiting the arrival of a nestling owl, some northern flying squirrels, and more! Never a dull day.

We do have a couple of needs still on our baby shower list. The link is in the first comment below. Our most urgent needs are mirrors (these help our single animals greatly and give them comfort. While we try to make sure no animal is raised alone, we sometimes are unable to find a foster sibling), KMR, Rodent Pellet Blocks, and, oddly enough, a laundry rack! All of these and more are in the registry.

Thank you!

08/06/2026

Two of our baby chipmunks are growing up! They use the wheel to get exercise to start to build muscle mass so that they are prepared when they go into our outdoor cages, and then ready to face the wild in good health, with the dexterity and endurance they need in order to survive.

And of course they eat a lot.

We have had a great response in our request for monetary and in-kind donations from our Amazon list for food that we need for the babies in our care. We are still in need of two cans of KMR and more rodent blocks (for woodchucks, squirrels, etc.). The link to our baby shower is posted in the first comment and that is where you can find these necessary, nutritional goods for the animals. In addition to the food, we added a stainless steel laundry rack. We could really use this to help us with our wet towels!

Thank you for all you are doing to help make this summer a success for the animals!