In an exclusive preview of this year's "Taste of the Islands" Rebuilding fundraiser, Pawnbroker Mark Blust and CROW Executive Director Alison Hussey are getting us more about the exciting changes and special dining oppportunies!
CROW Clinic: Birds, turtles feeling the impact of red tide in SWFL this year
Published: February 22, 2021 6:05 PM EST
Updated: February 22, 2021 9:37 PM EST
While it looks like there are fewer spots of red tide dotting our coast, the effects of it can last much longer by taking a toll on wildlife.
The CROW Clinic on Sanibel Island has admitted nearly 100 royal terns (Thalasseus maximus) as patients so far this year.
Of those birds, 66 have signs of red tide poisoning, showing how algal blooms can disrupt the food web.
So, it’s a welcome sight when the CROW Clinic releases an animal back into the wild.
CROW trying to determine cause of death of an eaglet on Captiva
Published: January 26, 2021 5:34 PM EST
Updated: January 26, 2021 7:01 PM EST
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Two eaglets have died on Captiva Island in January. Now, the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW) is trying to figure out why one of them died.
While the necropsy results have not yet come out or been verified, CROW has said vets found a broken, bloody feather and it’s likely that one eaglet died from blood loss.
Melissa McGarvey from Estero loves the bird’s eye view she gets from the Captiva Eagle Cam.
“I think it’s neat just to be able to have an eye on something in nature that you would never be able to see, and then seeing how they interact with their world and what their life looks like. It’s just very interesting,” McGarvey said.