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An Important Update — About Avian Influenza in 2024By Dr. Susan Tyson & Ashlan Petrillo Edited by Katie CzekajYou may have heard talk of “bird flu,” “H5N1” or “avian influenza” in the past. Unfortunately, this virus is still active and affecting not only wild birds, but also livestock, wild mammals, and domestic cats and dogs. Your pets and backyard flocks may be at risk. But what is this disease, and how can its spread be prevented?
Avian Influen...
Making Your Yard A Wildlife ParadiseBy Katherine Czekaj
There are countless ways to help support your native ecosystem, but they all rely on four guiding principles: better water management, better soil quality, increase biodiversity of native species, and decrease environmental poisons. Which are you already engaged in, and which areas need work in your yard?
1) Better Water ManagementHow often do you water your lawn and gardens, and where does the...
Freedom Center for Wildlife will be attending Cherry Hill Township's annual Migratory & Endangered Species Day with our animal ambassadors!Where: Croft Farm100 Bortons Mill Road(off Brace Road)Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
When:Saturday, May 11th 20241:00 PM - 3:00 PMFor more information, visit www.chnj.gov/birds
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Oktoberfest 2023 is almost here!Support a great cause while having fun, enjoying beer from Dr. Brewlittle's Beer Co. and food from Cockadoodle Dan's, and meeting our animal ambassadors and team of volunteers!
Where:Dr. Brewlittle's Beer Co.108 E Main StreetMaple Shade, NJ 08052
When:October 7, 20235:00 to 10:00 pm (with our hawk and owl animal ambassadors attending from 6 - 9 pm)
We will have FCW merchandise available for purchase and a silent a...
A Biological Invasion
By Linda & Dmitry Cherkassky
Photo credit Scotty Lisenbe
There are aliens among us. (No, not from outer space). They sleep in our beds, rub against our legs, and often have something called ‘the zoomies’ upon exiting the litter box. They are bizarre and beguiling, but we love them anyway.
Felis catus, the domestic cat, is an alien or introduced invasive species. Domestic cats are not i...
Warbler Spring Migration
Article By Susan Reel-Panish
Black throated green warbler - Photo credit Dennis DiMarco
In a June 2018 article, on the National Audubon Society website, author Andrew Del-Colle describes a phenomenon sometimes known as a “Fall Out.” In this case, observers in Quebec, Canada saw hundreds of thousands of Warblers, and some other birds, migrating all at once, over the course of several hours. It seems that the birds wer...
Cheyenne—the oldest known Harris’s hawk in the world!
Article By Denise Hassinger, MSc., MPS
On January 1, 2023, Freedom Center for Wildlife, Inc. (FCW) lost a treasured soul. Her name was Cheyenne and she served as an animal ambassador for not only her species, but for all wildlife, for almost 38 years. She was the oldest Harris’s hawk in the world and I want to share her story with you.
Cheyenne hatched in the spring of 1985 at the Wor...
Join us at the 2022 Freedom Center for Wildlife Oktoberfest fundraiser!
Support a great cause while having fun, enjoying catering from Semplice Fine Foods, and meeting our animal ambassadors and team of volunteers!
Where:Dr. Brewlittle's Beer Co.108 E Main StreetMaple Shade, NJ 08052
When:October 8, 20226:00 to 9:00 p.m.
We will have FCW merchandise available for purchase and a silent auction. We will also be taking monetary donations. C...
Modern birds are descendants of probably three different dinosaur lineages. Those three lineages have evolved into 47 different orders as described by the International Ornithological Congress (IOC; Gill et al., 2021) although as genetic testing improves and increases in simplicity, this number may change. Of those 47 orders, only three contain bird species that show active learning of song (Figure 1). All bird species have innate calls that a...