Where? Where? Wedgie! 2018 Day 11 : 11-05-2018

We were lucky today to be invited to wildlife carer Ange Anderson’s Roaring Beach Wildlife Rescue to see a huge female Wedgie getting one step closer to release.

Ange has nearly 20 years of experience as a wildlife carer and has looked after countless furry and feathered creatures over that time. But she has a soft spot for raptors and has built special aviaries to house injured and recuperating birds. A large female Wedgie is ready to released after months of recovering from wounds inflicted by another Wedgie. 

Ange had to move a peregrine falcon out of the release aviary before capturing, with James help, the big Wedgie from the flight tunnel aviary. They made it look easy but it’s not recommended to tackle a big raptor without some expert help or advice. Their talons can be especially dangerous.

Ange also has a Tawny Frogmouth, Masked Owl and a couple of Swamp Harriers in various stages of rehabilitation. I suspect looking animals is in Ange’s DNA as we also visited her pigs, cows, geese and dogs!

All these different animals, wild add domestic, have different needs. I think I’d need a chart to remind me when to feed who, what they eat, when they like to sleep, what upsets them and keeps them happy. Good on you Ange and thanks for letting us see what it takes to look after injured wildlife. 

Today’s t-short winner: MLGAdventure_Giggles...  for lots of contributions and keeping the conversation going.