WAIT: Does That Animal Really Need Help?

Today is #NationalWildlifeDay and we want to celebrate the amazing biodiversity of your #WildSanctuaries! How many different species can you identify? (Image description: Collage of different species seen around the sanctuary system.)

A rainy but beautiful start to our morning here at SNC!

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Video by @bertiegregory | A harp seal pup takes a swimming lesson with its mother in the Gulf of St Lawrence, Quebec, Canada. This species has an extraordinary breeding cycle. Females give birth to pups on moving ice floes. They suckle the pup for just 10 to 14 days. During the last few days of this short period, they encourage the pup into the water to help them learn to swim. After the swimming lessons, they abandon the pup. The females then mate with the males who have been waiting nearby before heading north to their feeding grounds. The pups at two weeks old are left alone with nothing to eat.

Hey everyone, 

The Sawgrass Nature Center is halfway to our minimum goal to provide free educational and professional development resources to Title I schools. These resources will include an environmental education program, a volunteer program, and professional skill building program. The professional skill building program will teach students how to write and build their resume, how to navigate an interview, and how to use social media is changing the job market. The volunteer program will provide them with skill building, hands-on experience at the Sawgrass Nature Center as well as a resume building and networking opportunity. The environmental education program will give them the chance to interact with wildlife and wildlife rehabbers in an educational environment. 

To qualify as a Title I school, 40% of the student body must be living below the poverty level. This funding will allow us to bring resources to typically underserved communities to help bridge the gap in job opportunities and educational quality between socio-economically distinguished groups. 

Please consider sharing or donating here: https://acommunitythrives.mightycause.com/story/Elzntf

Disclaimer: The SNC is continuing to take every necessary precaution to protect our employees and volunteers from COVID-19, including virtual programming. 

bees are the best, sorry i don’t make the rules // insta

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: WILDLIFE REHABBERS ROCK! This nestling hawk was found on the ground at my work, we scooped him/her up, and got him to a rehabber in about an hour. The dedication to wild critters is remarkable, and it’s pretty impressive how people make themselves immediately available for the sake of animals.

“I take the picture now” (via bryony6192)

More on the bees 🐝 The nature center at this park had an outdoor area that connected to the indoor hive (as well as a standard outside one) and several bachelor hotels for the solitary types.