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Wild At Heart Wildlife Sanctuary

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Wild At Heart Wildlife Sanctuary

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To conserve North Carolina wildlife through: rehabilitation, public education, and mentoring

10/29/2026

A Yellow-billed Cuckoo is a rare visitor in rehab. Lovingly called a rain crow. This poor friend smacked into a window. We are hoping it will make a recovery. One of the hardest parts of rehabbing is reducing stress on patients. Many patients suffer from capture myopathy and don't make it. This is why we tell people to put the animal in a dark, quiet place and not to handle it more than necessary.
For more info on this species
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Yellow-billed_Cuckoo/overview

10/13/2026

New patients
Barred Owl hit by a car, concussion and eye trauma.
Mourning Dove, unsure what caused it to come in but it got moved outside today and it's almost ready to go home.
And Gray Catbird, most likely a window strike. Currently unable to use legs and concussed.

09/18/2026

for the last of our 9 baby🦉 Great Horned Owlets, all are released! Good luck little ones🥰

09/07/2026

for this Clapper Rail. We actually had 2 within a week of each other, both made full recoveries! First release in comment section. These birds are common to our area but very elusive. Both seemed to have head trauma and recovered within a week. For more info on them you can click the link.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Clapper_Rail/overview

09/06/2026

Our Mississippi Kites were released today so they can start their migration. Good luck little ones.

09/05/2026

Vultures are amazing birds. Take a minute to read up on their natural history.
https://vultureday.org/

08/27/2026

Reminder to turn off your lights at night!

It's hard to believe, but fall Migration is already in full swing! Check out birdcast.org for live maps, migration alerts, and forecasts, and sign up for Email Migration Alerts - https://birdcast.org/migration-tools/local-migration-alerts/. Dim lights at night, Treat your window by day to help migrating birds avoid glass collisions, and make it to their destination safely.

08/11/2026

Just an info post, people have been saying they can't message us. FB moved the contact button and now you need to click in the highlighted area below.

08/04/2026

Well, we released one and got in another one. 🦅 This hatch year female eagle is severely emaciated. Unfortunately, only about 25% of raptors make it through their first year of life. This girl just wasn't successful in finding food. She is in critical condition as she is only about half of what she should weigh. She's receiving fluids and being tube feed. We hope to start feeding her soft, clean meat today (meat with no skin or bones, easy to digest). We could really use deer meat for her recovery.

08/01/2026

for this Bald Eaglet 🦅. This little guy was found in the road in Oriental. He had minor swelling in one of his wings. After a couple of weeks of pain meds, rest and free food he was returned home today. We still have another Eagle in rehab so we are still in need of deer meat. And a shout out to OWLS Wildlife Center for helping stabilize the patient before we arrived.

Address

106 Conley Hills Drive
Richlands, NC
28574

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm
Sunday	9am - 5pm

Website

http://www.wildatheartsanctuary.org/

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