Jersey shore people

[Lisa B]

I was down roaming around my new home today, and was at Berkeley Island county park, which is right behind my new house. I saw a seagull there that (Yes, I would have cought it I could have, He wouldnt let me come with in 4 feet of him)...had a broken wing. I called Popcorn Park zoo hoping they could send me in the correct direction to get this bird help. They told me to call Berkeley police, which I did. They will let animal control know tomrrow. This gull isnt going to survive without help. Is there any other avian rehabs in the area I can call?
Is anyone else in the area that can check to see if he's been captured? He cant fly. He's contained in the park. He's a HUGE brown speckled gull.

[Eliza]

I can't make personal calls from the office but here are some things I found on-line:

www.cedarrun.org -- They are in Burlington Co. but maybe they have some contacts on hand for the area you are concerned about?

Here's the state list: http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/rehablst.htm


I found the NJ rehabbers listed below on http://www.tc.umn.edu/~devo0028/contactN.htm. I'm not sure how up-to-date it is.

New Jersey, Central:

New Jersey, Central region, Mercer County (Hopewell)..... 609-466-1311
Dave Purdy, Mountain Wildlife Refuge, Inc. Purdd1@aol.com

New Jersey, Central region (Lawrenceville)..... 609-538-1933
Timothy Steinbeiser, Redbud Avian Rehabilitation Center, Inc. tsteinbeis@aol.com Specialty: lots of experience with mourning doves of all ages, care and feeding of songbirds

New Jersey, Central region (Medford)..... 856-983-3329
Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge jeannewoodford@earthlink.net Specialty: Permanent resident GH owls for surrogating owlets. Comments: Our facility is part of a 175 acre Refuge which borders N.J.'s Wharton State Forest so releasing at our site is most appropriate.

New Jersey, Central region, Philadelphia area (National Park)..... 856-381-4291
Carol Martino, Wildlife Rehabilitation and Rescue Service jcsmum@verizon.net Wildlife Species: eastern grey squirrels, skunks, opossums, raccoons



New Jersey, Northern:

New Jersey, Northern region (Layton)..... 973-948-0037
Linda Mihatov, Wild & Free Specialty: white-tail deer fawns, small mammals, humane education programs; veterinary technician

New Jersey, Northern region (Morristown)..... 973-829-7111
Jennifer Norton, licensed homewildlife rehabilitator jnorton@jenswrens.com Wildlife Species: Wrens, killdeer, hummingbirds, aerial insectivores (flycatchers, swallows, etc.) and cottontails Specialty: Successful rearing of hatchlings

New Jersey, Northern region, Stillwater (Sussex County)..... 973-579-1039
Carol Failla, Wildlife Rescue meca974@aol.com Wildlife Species: crows and raccoons

New Jersey, Northern region (Sussex)..... 973-702-1957
Giselle Chazotte Smisko, Avian Wildlife Center Wildlife Species: handle all wild species of birds and specialize in raptors and songbirds

New Jersey, Northwest:

New Jersey, Northwest region, Warren County (Broadway)..... 908-835-9991
Donna Fox, RN (executive director), Rocky Springs Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Inc. dfrswrc@aol.com Wildlife Species: small mammals, fawns Comments: for 2003 hope to be ready to be licensed to do songbirds, waterfowl, and screech owls

[radiogirl995]

Sadly, none of those are near Berkeley. I believe you'll need Ocean or Monmouth County officials.

Will Popcorn Park go out to rescue? I thought they only received intakes?

Hear from anyone Lisa?

[felisdomesticus]

I don't know of any wildlife rehabbers around here. A student brought me a tiny chickadee last spring that I didn't know what to do with. My vet's office only had the number for the person in Lawrenceville, I believe.

You may want to try getting in touch with Wings of Hope. They don't take in wild birds but they may know of someone else around here that I don't.

[radiogirl995]

NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife - Nongame Rehab Program:

Toms River Avian Care, Don Bonica – (732) 255-9270

[Lisa B]

Thanks everyone...I willl follow up tomorrow with the animal control and call a few more once I find out if they went to get him today.
Oddly enough Lawrenceville and Hopewell are the next towns where I live NOW!

Giselle from wantage (sussex county)is the woman I often talk of here about rehabs.....She's great and so is her facility! maybe I'll give her a call too...

[CALVINS MOM]

I once saw a Canadian Goose with a broken leg walking on Ocean Avenue (the main drag along the beach) in Bradley Beach. I called 10 different places and they all said to just leave it be and nature will take its course; that the bird had a better chance being left in the wild. Nobody would come out :(