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	Dear Friend,  It's another busy month at WildCare! Our Education Department has been working hard on events for you to enjoy. Starting this month, every Wednesday at 11:00 am and every Saturday at 3 pm you can meet our Wildilfe Ambassador animals and their keepers in the courtyard for a personal, face-to-face wildlife encounter. We are also adding a new Interpretive Pool Bird Feeding every day at 12:30 and 4:30 pm. Also, the nomination deadline for the 2009 Terwilliger Education Award is fast approaching on July 15. That's education!			In This Month's Issue July at WildCare Report From the Farallones WildCare to the Rescue Seaweed: More Than Sushi Growing Up Raccoon Summer Reading July Wildlife Tips Baby bats sometimes fall from their roosts during heat waves, and their mothers cannot pick them up. This occurs more frequently when loss of habitat creates overcrowding in bat roosts. You can be part of WildCare's Wildlife Solutions by buying and installing a bat box. Fawns are spending their days hiding in the grass while their mothers are browsing. Unless the baby is injured or looks ill, privacy is all it needs. Raccoons babies are learning to eat solid foods this month. They will be out with their mothers looking for insects, grubs, amphibians and eggs. WildCare's Wildlife Solutions can help you protect your lawn from the masked marauders. Choose locally grown and organic produce to help protect the environment for migratory songbirds and other species. Spring babies are starting to grow up and learning to look for food. To prevent unwanted dinner guests, close up pet doors at night and bring in any pet food left outdoors. Adopt a Raccoon Raccoons are active in July! Adopt a raccoon for your special July occasion.
	Crafts at camp -- salt-dough reptiles.	July at WildCare WildCare is a hive of activity this month. Nature Campers are serving up works of art inspired by nature in the museum, Hungry Owl Project events are happening and we've had a Golden Eagles and orphaned Myotis bat babies in the hospital.  Read more...
	Brandt's Cormorant. Photo by Tom Grey	Report From the Farallones This past May, hundreds of Brandt's Cormorants and other seabirds were found dead on Bay Area beaches. A new report says these birds aren't breeding normally this year either. Read more...
	WildCare in the Fairfax Festival. Photo by David Taylor	WildCare to the Rescue! WildCare's new Pitcairn Emergency Rescue triage vehicle was unveiled on June 3. Thanks to our wonderful donors, the vehicle is equipped to provide on-site emergency medical services in whatever major wildlife disasters may strike. Read more...
	Sea grass in the intertidal zone. Photo by Courtnay Janiak	So Much More Than Sushi If you're lucky enough to have some free time for a walk on the beach this summer, you may enjoy identifying some of the many marine plants we call seaweed. Seaweeds are not weeds! If you like sushi, you know that many could more aptly be termed sea vegetables.  Read more...
	Juvenile raccoons foraging.	Growing Up Raccoon July is prime time for young raccoons to make their first appearance in our back yards. Love them or hate them, raccoons are our wild neighbors and here to stay. WildCare rehabilitates them when they are sick, injured or orphaned, and WildCare helps homeowners protect their property from their all-too-dexterous little hands. Read more...
	Summer Reading by Jennifer Young	Summer Reading If a lazy day with a good book is your idea of summer bliss, we can recommend some books that offer fascinating reading that's as entertaining as it is informative. Read more...
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