WRARI Executive Director Kristin Fletcher picked up a downed great horned owl at a baseball field in Middletown RI last week. In the photo above it is being weighed at the Wildlife Clinic. The bird had been caught in netting put up to prevent stray baseballs from reaching West Main Road. As Kristin described it: “When I got there, the owl was stationary in the middle of the field in the heavy rain. He didn't even try to get away.” He was brought to the clinic where he was ex

On August 16th I got a call from the Wildlife Clinic regarding a nestling hummingbird asking if I would be interested in rehabbing him (raising him for eventual return to the wild.) Though it was hard to tell, our best guess was that he was a ruby-throated hummingbird, as these are the most common in our area during the warmer months. At first I felt a little intimidated by this tiny bird. He was the size of a cricket! A number of questions ran through my head: Was I going t