Please, please, please, don’t be a fawn-napper! It is completely normal for a mother deer to leave her fawns alone in the woods for periods of time. If you happen to stumble upon a “orphaned” fawn, please let it be.
I do have some exciting news to announce; I have enrolled in a two day basic wildlife rehabilitation certification class. The class is scheduled for June 2nd and 3rd and upon successful completion, I will be able to begin the licensing process to rehabilitate injured wildlife. At this time, I am only interested in taking in orphaned or injured deer and non-migratory birds. My hope is to take the necessary training to be able to rehabilitate raptors, such as owls. A year ago when I visited the Howell Nature Center I fell in love with their work and my dream is to start my own nature preserve to provide animals a home who can no longer live in the wild due to injuries. This rehabilitation class that a friend shared on Facebook just happened to be the first piece of the puzzle that fell into place. The biggest surprise to me is that Mr. Bird Nerd is on board and encouraging me to do this; he’s normally the rational one that squashes my hair-brained ideas. He must believe in me!
