Kokanee

 

 

BEFORE

Oh YUM!! I made arrangements with the Ca Dept of Fish and Wildlife to have them save some Kokanee (land locked salmon) when they went to spawn them at Taylor Creek near Tahoe. They kindly brought back 5 buckets full of perfect sized fish that I now can feed out to the Bald Eagle.

This is a huge deal to us, as acquiring food is a full time pursuit, and anytime we can find food sources for free, it is a bonus. For many years we were able to get free rodents in a program started as a partnership with a huge rodent-grower in the central valley. 45 different non profits reaped the benefit, using the rodents for rehab, zoo collections and non releasable animals such as our birds. The program was suddenly terminated however, since the company decided to sell the "culls" that they had previously donated. Along with all the other non profits, we have been scurrying to find low cost or free sources of appropriate and clean food. We have had to buy rats, mice and quail...and shockingly the price tag is close to $1,000.00 per month.

Now that we can use the kokanee (and salmon we can get from the Nimbus Hatchery when they spawn there) it translates to one less rat daily that we would have to buy. We nevertheless still require quite a few rodents daily and continue to look for funding in order to purchase food.

 AFTER

 

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