High Desert Wildlife

11/13/2020

New HDW merchandise available to help us fundraise for care of our ambassadors as well as future events 😊
Message for how to get yours!
@3"x3" stickers. $2.50ea shipped via USPS

11/10/2018

09/03/2018

09/03/2018

Allen's Hummingbird Photo by Joe Broussard

09/03/2018

07/06/2018

Rattlesnake rattle facts...

Rattlesnake Rattles:

When a rattlesnake is born, he has a small rounded tip on his tail known as the 'pre button'. Several days after his birth, he will shed his skin for the first time and lose this pre button which the button will replace. This is the first segment of his rattle but it takes at least two rattle segments to produce any noise. He will gain this ability with his next skin shedding. Thereafter, throughout his life he will add a rattle segment with each shedding. It is unusual to find more than eight or nine segments on a wild caught rattlesnake because of the wear and breakage of the terminal segment(s).

On rare occasions rattlesnakes are found without a rattle. This condition will be permanent if the rattle matrix that forms the rattle segments has been lost or severely damaged.

Each rattle segment is a separate piece unto itself and is not permanently attached. Each segment is continually being pushed away from the tail by the addition of new rattle segments formed by the matrix.

The protuberances of a single segment interlock loosely with the segments directly above and below it. When the rattlesnake vibrates his muscular tail, it causes each separate segment to bounce against the adjoining ones creating the buzzing sound.

Image © American International Rattlesnake Museum
Text via American International Rattlesnake Museum

05/12/2018

Happy ! What is your favorite migratory bird and why?

05/03/2018

Devoted birders can take package tour birding vacations to exotic tropical locales. But why do that? There are plenty of places right here in the California Desert.

04/21/2018

Find us today at Forever Wild Exotic Animal Sanctuary A Very WILD Earth Day event! 10am to 5pm! Admission is only $5!

04/21/2018

We will have a table at this event tomorrow!

04/19/2018

Saturday! A Very WILD Earth Day fundraising event will be held at Forever Wild in Phelan on April 21 from 10am-5pm! Eco friendly vendors, food and fun for all ages! This is an event you won’t want to miss- special admission price of $5 per person!!!
www.foreverwildexotics.org

04/12/2018

We will have a table at this event!!

Our Very Wild Earth Day event is coming up here in a little over a week! On Saturday, April 21 we will be open from 10am to 5pm. Eco friendly vendors with crafts for the kids, snack and taco vendors, extreme feeds all day and more!! You won’t want to miss this very special day!

www.foreverwildsanctuary.org