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	Dear Friend, What is it about October? Less than one hundred years ago, many of us were still celebrating the end of the summer growing season and harvesting food we'd grown ourselves. Even here in California, where the changes of season are subtle, October is when we really begin to notice earlier evenings and start to look forward to the winter's peace and the warm holidays to come. Still, October has plenty of warm days and crisp nights to celebrate and enjoy.			In This Month's Issue Magic Day and Night Mexican Free-tailed Bats The Taking of Pelican #1313 Vote for Your Favorite Photo The Terwilliger Environmental Award Gift Ideas for October Name our Rattlesnake Help us give our newest educational animal a name and enter to win a great WildCare gift bag! Enter today! October Wildlife Tips The rut has begun for our local Black-tailed Deer. You may see bucks following does and becoming aggressive toward other males. Deer are all very distracted right now, so please drive carefully, and give them a "brake." This month, you can be the one to give the tips! UC Davis Road Ecology Center and Information Center for the Environment invite you to join our Roadkill Reporters on the California Roadkill Observation System. Using this website you can report roadkills you observe anywhere in the state, helping all of us to understand the causes of roadkill and how we can reduce the collisions between animals and vehicles. The United States Geological Survey has just released the 2009 national surveillance plan for monitoring for H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus in migratory birds.  Download the plan here. Crickets have been singing like mad, trying to attract mates. After they've laid their eggs the adults will die and you won't hear them again until next August. Adopt a Hoary Bat A Hoary Bat adoption makes the perfect gift for your October special occasion!
		Magic, Day and Night! October is the beginning of exciting day and night life! Join us for our annual Halloween event, Creatures of Myth and Legend, and an elegant evening at the Marin Symphony to see and hear for yourself the legendary Red Violin! Read more...
		Masks and Skeletons and Mexican Free-tailed Bats Mexican Free-tailed Bats are one of the few bat species that are surviving in a hostile world. It is a species that has lived on earth, relatively unchanged, since the time of the dinosaurs. That's an accomplishment worth celebrating. Read more...
		The Taking of Pelican #1313 The Tiburon Labor Day Parade started off quietly enough for WildCare, but ended in a real-time demonstration of what a wildlife rescue is all about. A juvenile California Brown Pelican needed help. Read more...
		Which is Your Favorite Photo? WildCare's Living with Wildlife Photography Contest presented by Tamalpais Bank closed on September 18, and the judges have made their choices. Now it's your turn to pick the People's Choice Award winner. The photograph that receives the most votes through our online survey will win the prize for People's Choice. Click to vote now!
		The Terwilliger Environmental Award Each year since 2000 WildCare has recognized leaders in environmental education with the Terwilliger Enivromental Award. This year John (Jack) Muir Laws was the honored recipient. Read more...
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