Simple Needs to Help
Important Everyday Items
Below is a list of supplies we routinely share with those who ask. As one could imagine, taking care of nearly 800 birds per year creates a great deal of clean-up and maintenance duties. Here is our list of standard items:
- cash donations are always needed to help with food and medical supplies. All donations are tax deductible.
- paper towels
- dish soap, liquid bleach
- Arm & Hammer washing machine detergent (or, other scent-free brands)
- Clinic supplies such as cotton balls, Q-tips, and rubbing alcohol
- “Simple Green” or “Green Works” cleaner
- cleaning brushes
- computer paper and mailing stamps.
- dry cat food to feed mice (i.e., to feed the owl food)
- plastic garbage sacks (30-gallon size) and also tall kitchen bag size
- zip lock bags of three sizes: 2 gallons, 1 1/2 gallon, and 1-gallon sizes
Thank you for your time and consideration to help Wild At Heart. Your continued interest and support are greatly appreciated by all of us — humans and birds!
5 Fun Fact About Raptors
- All Raptors have hollow bones which help them fly.
- Owls do not build their own nests; because they lay eggs earlier in the year than most other raptor species, they use existing nests to raise their young.
- Barn Owls specializes in rodent prey, catching up to 2,000 mice in a single year.
- Harris Hawks are the only hawk species known to hunt for prey cooperatively in family groups of 3-7 birds
- Peregrine Falcon when in a vertical dive after prey, called a “stoop,” peregrine falcon is the fastest animal in the world. It has been clocked at 242 mph.