10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2024

Although the property has seen human impacts, there have been recent efforts to improve water quality and restore this important habitat. Multi-million-dollar homes, fancy restaurants, rugged swimming, California sea lions, and close-up looks at some birds.

San Diego 215

San Diego Sea Lions Lions Birds 215

Critter News

MARCH 16, 2012

The Federal government has approved the killing of California Sea Lions in the Columbia River, blaming them for killing and eating endangered salmon. Never mind the main reasons for the problems with the salmon: hatcheries, human harvest, hydropower and the destruction of habitat.

Sea Lions 100

Sea Lions Lions Killing California 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

For whatever reason, however, yesterday on my way to work my mind wasn’t with our upcoming spring, but with September’s in California. The gulls that spent months attacking any human on the place are content to loaf around and ignore you. Under the surface we could sea Oceanic Sunfish and Blue Sharks. A wave goodbye.

Whales 157

Whales Whaling Sharks Bats 157

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2016

I’d been volunteering at rescues through my young adulthood, and I was training as a cat socializer, teaching terrified felines — the unlucky victims of cruel people — to trust humans again. That was my first trip to California Wildlife Center. All of these afflictions are human-caused and largely preventable. I was mortified.

Cats 218

Cats Stray Cat Stray Wildlife Rehabilitation 218