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About the Wildlife In Need Center

Patient Statistics

The Wildlife in Need Center’s main purpose for existence is to rehabilitate and release wildlife back into their natural environment. Since the opening of the Center’s doors, over 35,000 animals representing more than 140 species have been brought to the center for care or medical attention. On average, the Center sees 2,000 or more animals each year. 


The following information is based on our 2010 statistics.  As an added bonus we thought it would be interesting to compare last year to recent previous years - the following table is in alphabetical order.

Species 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
13-lined Ground Squirrel 36 35 33 27 13
3-toed Box Turtle 1 2      
American Badger 1       1
American Beaver   2     1
American Bittern 1        
American Black Duck         1
American Coot   1     1
American Crow 13 11 20 14 23
American Goldfinch 33 51 33 31 51
American Kestrel 3 2 2 6 7
American Robin 142 141 118 89 122
American Toad 4 2 4 1 1
American Tree Sparrow   1 2 1  
American White Pelican         1
American Woodcock 3   3 1 1
Bald Eagle 2       1
Baltimore Oriole 8 9 7 10 9
Bank Swallow       2 7
Barn Swallow 18 16 27   44
Barred Owl 9   2 6 8
Belted Kingfisher 2 1   2  
Big Brown Bat 13 16 29 23 45
Black-billed Cuckoo   1      
Black-capped Chickadee 27 10 11 6 9
Black-hooded Rat         1
Blackpoll Warbler   1   1  
Blanding's Turtle 1 2 2 2 2
Blue Jay 9 12 7 8 20
Bonaparte's Gull         2
Broad-winged Hawk       2 3
Brown Anole         1
Brown Creeper         1
Brown Snake 1        
Brown Thrasher   1      
Brown-headed Cowbird 5 17 20 17 16
Bullfrog   1 1 1 1
Butler's Garter Snake 1        
Canada Goose 40 31 42 48 39
Cedar Waxwing 28 31 22 19 9
Chimney Swift 11 4 15 12 15
Chipping Sparrow 5 11   7 3
Chukar     1   1
Cliff Swallow 2 1 3    
Common Garter Snake 1     1 3
Common Grackle 25 12 18 19 22
Common Loon       1 1
Common Musk Turtle       1  
Common Nighthawk 2 2 2 1 1
Cooper's Hawk 11 3 21 31 24
Coyote 1   1 2  
Cuban Tree Frog 1       2
Dark-Eyed Junco 3 5 3 6 2
Deer Mouse 3 7 3   17
Domestic Chicken 1        
Domestic Duck 14 8 8 2 4
Domestic Quail     1    
Domestic Rabbit         1
Domestic Rat 1        
Double-crested Cormorant     1   1
Downy Woodpecker 7 6 4 9 5
Eastern Bluebird 12 8 3 6 29
Eastern Chipmunk 16 28 35 7 22
Eastern Cottontail 268 370 460 505 638
Eastern Fox Snake         1
Eastern Garter Snake   3 1   2
Eastern Gray Squirrel  172 192 187 155 283
Eastern Gray Treefrog 5   1 2  
Eastern Hognose Snake       1  
Eastern Kingbird       1  
Eastern Milk Snake 2 1 1   3
Eastern Phoebe   4 1 12  
Eastern Plains Garter Snake   2      
Eastern Red Bat 1 1     4
Eastern Screech-Owl 10 6 9 17 8
Eastern Tiger Salamander   1 6 1 1
Eastern Towhee         1
Eastern Wood Pewee     1   5
Egg     1    
European Starling 50 37 36 26 62
Field Mouse   5 35 10 15
Fox Sparrow 1        
Fox Squirrel 4 1 1 2 6
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1   2 1  
Gray Catbird 3 3 4 1 1
Gray Fox     1 1 1
Gray Tree Frog         1
Great Blue Heron 4 4 3 5  
Great Egret         1
Great Horned Owl 28 29 21 43 64
Green Anole Lizard         1
Green Frog 2 1 3    
Green Heron 2 2 1 3 1
Green Tree Frog         4
Hairy Woodpecker 5 1 2 3  
Hamster   1      
Hermit Thrush 1        
Herring Gull 2 3   2  
Hoary Bat     1    
Homing Pigeon 1 3 3    
Hooded Merganser 3 1   6 2
Horned Lark       1  
House Finch 27 38 27 32 104
House Mouse   9     10
House Sparrow 52 55 44 59 71
House Wren 15 20 14 4 3
Indigo Bunting 3 1 1   1
Japanese Green Pheasant       1  
Jumping Meadow Mouse 1       1
Killdeer 3 1 1 4 5
Least Bittern     1    
Least Weasel     1 1  
Lincoln's Sparrow 1       1
Little Brown Bat 2 1 5 1 3
Long-Eared Owl 1     1  
Long-tailed Weasel     6   1
Magnolia Warbler 1        
Mallard 125 146 107 88 138
Meadow Vole 17 11 7 1 11
Midland Painted Turtle 4       1
Mink 5 2     1
Mourning Dove 77 56 81 89 87
Mourning Warbler 1        
Muscovy Duck 1     1  
Muskrat 3 3 12 3 3
Mute Swan   1 1 2 1
Northern Bobwhite 1 2      
Northern Cardinal 21 17 18 39 25
Northern Flicker 8 2 4 5 6
Northern Leopard Frog       1 3
Northern Myotis   1   1 4
Northern Redbelly Snake   1     1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 2 2 1  
Northern Saw-whet Owl   1   5 2
Northern Shrike 1     1  
Ovenbird   2 4 1  
Palm Warbler     1 1 1
Peregrine Falcon 1   1   1
Pied-billed Grebe 1     1  
Pine Siskin   3     1
Pine Warbler          
Purple Finch 1       4
Purple Martin 1        
Raccoon 162 182 207 270 427
Red Bat     1 1  
Red Fox 5 6 7 3 2
Red Squirrel 14 23 15 16 20
Red-bellied Snake 3        
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4 6 3 3 9
Red-breasted Nuthatch   1 2    
Red-eared slider turtle   1   1  
Red-eyed Vireo         2
Red-tailed Hawk 18 25 19 36 57
Red-winged Blackbird 6 2 7 6 6
Ring-billed Gull 1 6 6 7 6
Ring-Necked Pheasant 1 4 3 3 9
Rock Pigeon 11 10 23 9 17
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 4 4 3 4
Rough-legged Hawk 1   1   1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     2    
Ruby-throated Humming Bird 5 9 8 9 7
Ruddy Duck 2 1   1 3
Sandhill Crane 4 6 10 4 9
Savannah Sparrow       1  
Scarlet Tanager 2       1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1     1 2
Short-eared Owl 1        
Short-tailed Shrew   1 1 1 7
Short-tailed Weasel   1 3    
Silver-haired Bat 1   1    
Snapping Turtle 4 12 14 10 13
Song Sparrow 7 1 4    
Sora   1 2 2 1
Southern Flying Squirrel 5 7 5 5 2
Spotted Salamander         1
Spotted Sandpiper       1  
Striped Skunk     3 1 3
Swainson's Thrush 2       2
Tennessee Warbler         1
Tiger Salamander 2        
Tree Swallow 3 1   4 1
Tufted Titmouse 1        
Turkey Vulture 2 2   1 1
Unknown baby bird   3     3
Veery   1     1
Virginia Opossum 43 86 66 140 133
Virginia Rail       1  
Warbling Vireo 1 1      
Western Chorus Frog   1     1
Western Painted Turtle 19 28 17 9 16
White-breasted Nuthatch 1 5 2   7
White-footed Mouse  49 25 9 21 51
White-tailed Deer 5 3 3 4 5
White-throated Sparrow 1 2   1 2
Wild Turkey 19 13 32 6 15
Wilson's Snipe     1    
Wood Duck 30 90 53 17 22
Woodchuck 28 9 19 24 25
Woodland Vole 5        
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4 3 1 2 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler   1 1 1  

 

June 2010 - 477 animals were admitted (2009 - 556)
June 3, 2010 - 35 animals admitted (June 5, 2009 - 41)