White-tailed Deer Creature Feature

Director of Wildlife Resources Harvey Webster introduces Artemis, Baby, and Ginny:

Junior Veterinary Camp

The Wildlife Resources staff and animals had a great summer helping out with two sessions of Junior Veterinary Camp! Here are some highlights (click images to enlarge):

Photos by Jeff Day

Michelle Leighty doing a training demonstration with the bobcats:

Dylan Beach restrains a Great Horned Owl for a talon and beak trimming:

Joe Dell'Anno teaches about the medications for some of the animals:

Campers learn how to put the medications in food (including mice and quail!) for the animals:

Michelle Leighty talks about a Barn Owl before another beak trimming demo:

Melissa Terwilliger and campers prepare paper-mache enrichment items:

A bobcat investigates:

Campers with the scarecrow they made for the deer and Wild Turkey:

It was a hit:

Campers watch as Melissa station trains with the raccoons:

Learn more about CMNH summer camps at this link:

http://www.cmnh.org/site/ClassesandPrograms/SummerCamps.aspx

River Otter Creature Feature

Wildlife Specialist Nikki McClellan shares some information about Lucy and Linus the river otters in this video:

Skunklets!

One week ago the wildlife department acquired two female baby skunks, Willow and Lilac. The captive-born, hand-raised kits will be trained by the wildlife staff for use in educational programs. Pictured below is Lilac on the day she arrived at the museum.



The wildlife staff is enjoying socializing the young skunks and acclimating them to their new home. Both Willow and Lilac are responding well to their surroundings and like playing with each other and (to our delight) with the wildlife specialists.



Michelle Leighty
Perkins Wildlife Center Co-Manager

Red-tailed Hawk Creature Feature

In this video Wildlife Specialist Dylan Beach talks about Meep, our male Red-tailed Hawk:

Coral Reef of Creatures

The Climate Change exhibit opens at the museum today, and includes a living component of a coral reef which the Wildlife Resources staff helps maintain.

Check out this video with Director of Wildlife Resources Harvey Webster to learn more!

Peregrine Falcon Creature Feature

Wildlife Specialist Melissa Terwilliger introduces Horus, our newest Peregrine Falcon in this video: