If hearts were measured by surveyors, Lynne McCoy's heart would be tallied in acres. Lynne is a licensed wildlife rehabilitor and over the years she has cared for thousands of injured or orphaned animals—both with two legs and with four. Lynne is not funded, she does this out of the kindness in her heart and with donations made by people like you and I.
Her goal is always to get the animal healthy and old enough or strong enough to return to the wild. Most do. But a few of them never recover, so she has quite a menagerie that she takes care of daily.
Lynne has appeared in two of my books: in the opossum chapter in Natural Histories and in the owl chapter in Ephemeral by Nature. Today, I visited Lynne for some barter. I traded a signed copy of Ephemeral for 25 choice owl pellets regurgitated by her two non-releasable great horned owls. The pellets are big and full of fur and bones.
At my Family Adventure Sunday Whoooo Dat? owl program, we will learn about local owls, their distinctive calls, meet a couple of live owls and dissect the pellets I bartered for today. Some may be lucky enough to find complete rodent skulls!
Nature is not always pretty, but it is always pretty interesting.
To sign up for this Family Adventure Sunday, go online to: Whoooo Dat?
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| Lynne's great horned owls cough up large pellets |
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