Great Blue Heron
Family Fun Day • Sunday, February 7 • 1- 4 pm
Save the date, Golf Scramble for Wildlife June of 2010
Welcome to the Key West Wildlife Center website!
Our mission is to rescue, rehabilitate, and release as many wild birds as possible. In 2009, we had over 1100 wild bird patients walk through our doors! It was a very busy year indeed. We look forward to an exciting 2010 filled with more and more improvements for our wild bird friends.
The wildlife center is located inside the Indigenous Park at 1801 White Street (right next to the Bocce courts and across from the White Street Pier) The park itself is a sanctuary for wild birds, containing several acres of native plants and wildlife. The park has a quaint nature trail that leads to a fresh water pond, where one can see an Anhinga perched on a branch sunning herself, an Iguana snacking on some vegetation in a tree, and many fresh water turtles in the pond, all in one day!!
Along with the care of sick and injured wild birds, we also have a HUGE Aviary with several local wild birds that serve as our education ambassadors. All of these birds have permanent injuries which prevent their release back to the wild. “Bonnie” the Broad-Winged Hawk, “Ozzie” the Osprey, “Chaco” the American Kestrel; just to name a few! Read about them in our “Aviary Guide” section. You can also take a video tour of the Aviary on our website, but it is always better to see in person, so come visit us soon! We look forward to meeting you! While you visit you may see several chickens in part of our Aviary. We help out the City of Key West to re-located nuisance and excess chickens. Key West will always have chickens; the culture of Key West wouldn’t be the same without them! But we limit their numbers to prevent them from becoming sick or injured. City life is a tough place for a chicken, dodging cars and keeping off the busy streets, let alone finding enough food and places to roost at night! We assist them by escorting them to wonderful farms where they get to live out their lives on many acres of free-range property, where food and space are both aplenty!. The center adopts them out to people all over the country, those having farmland and the desire to add some Key West Chickens to their flock! Please consider making a donation of money, supplies, or your time by volunteering to support the wildlife center. Check out our “Donation Items” section to find out how you can help the wild birds. Look for our website to change and grow in the months to come. Also check us out on facebook for day to day happenings at the center! Thanks so much for stopping by and thanks for supporting our mission!!
Michelle Anderson
Director
Key West Wildlife Center