Carolina Waterfowl Rescue

10/30/2026

Happy Halloween from all of us at Carolina Waterfowl Rescue!

All month we've shared the Real Halloween Scares for wildlife. Here's your quick checklist for tonight and tomorrow:
• 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝘂𝘀𝗸. Deer and other wildlife are on the move, and so are trick-or-treaters.
• 𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗽𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲, away from the door and the candy bowl.
• 𝗨𝘀𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀, not candles, in jack-o'-lanterns.
• 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭, take down fake webbing, netting and loose light strands.
• 𝗣𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘂𝗽 𝘄𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀, balloons and string, and compost those pumpkins.

If you find an animal in trouble tonight, TEXT our Emergency Hotline at 704-286-6330.

𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲?
DONATE: https://www.cwrescue.org/donate
VOLUNTEER: https://www.cwrescue.org/volunteer
ADOPT: https://www.cwrescue.org/adopt

10/30/2026

🐦‍⬛Meet Ace, our 11-year-old American crow at the Carolina Waterfowl Rescue.

There's nothing scary about Ace! Just look at the love gleaming in her eyes as she plays and lets us gently touch her beak.

Sometimes the creatures with the spookiest reputations have the most love to give. ❤️

10/29/2026

It's that time of year again! Don't miss out on getting your 2027 Carolina Waterfowl Rescue calendar, now available for pre-order in our shop at https://cwrescue.shop/products/2027-cwr-calendar

And doesn't Jonas make the perfect cover boy?! 🧡 🦃 🧡

Start 2027 off right with an official CWR calendar! Each page features full color photos of CWR residents with fun facts and interesting tidbits about their species. What a great way to support CWR all year long!

10/29/2026

🩸 BLOODWORK UPDATE 🦔

Y'all are showing up for our residents! In the first day of this fundraiser you donated $383 — enough to pay for the next 7 blood panels in full (each panel costs us $52.84 to run in-house), with #8 already started. 💚

Five residents got their blood drawn yesterday: Romeo, Sunny, Gomez, Reba, and Tulip. ✅

71 residents are still waiting — including this little face. Daisy is our resident hedgehog, and she has no bloodwork on record at all since she came to us in April. A blood panel is how we catch kidney, liver, and infection problems early in an animal who can't tell us how she feels — and she's next in line.

HOW TO HELP:
👉 Donate at the link below — $50 nearly covers one resident's full panel
👉 Write "blood work" in the comment box so your gift goes straight to the residents' panels
👉 Share this post — it really does help

71 to go. Let's do this! 💪
👉 DONATE: https://www.cwrescue.org/donate

10/29/2026

🚨 URGENT — CAPTURE HELP NEEDED IN GARNER, NC 🚨

This lone Canada goose has been waiting over two weeks for help, and he's still out there.

He has an injured left wing and is living at a pond in Garner (near S Maple Walk Dr). He's been there at least a couple of months, unable to fly, and winter weather is coming. A video clearly shows the wing injury — he needs to be caught and brought in for care.

We need an experienced volunteer (or two) in the Garner area who can attempt capture, then transport him to Carolina Waterfowl Rescue in Indian Trail.

Can you help, or know someone near Garner who can? Text or call our hotline at (704) 286-6330, or message this page, and we'll give you the exact location and the caller's contact info.

🙏 Please share — the right person may be one share away. He's waited long enough.

10/29/2026

It's SHOWTIME!!!

Say his name three times and meet BEETLEJUICE, our very own California kingsnake at Carolina Waterfowl Rescue!

Beetlejuice is one of our beloved permanent residents, helping us teach children that snakes aren't scary after all. Beetlejuice is just one of the many incredible animals who call our rescue home.

Learn more about Beetlejuice and the rest of our resident animals at:
https://www.cwrescue.org/residents

10/29/2026

Welcome back to another episode of 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘉𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘳?

Hint: these are domestic, but they can fly!

Head on over to our Patreon and subscribe for as little as $1 a month to find out what's behind the blur! 🐦‍⬛🐓🦃🦜🐸

https://www.patreon.com/waterfowlrescue?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator

10/29/2026

UPDATE — Behonkce is safe at the rescue! 🪿

So many of you have been asking about the Rock Hill goose from our urgent post — he was picked up this evening and brought to us. He's been examined by our team and is settled into our clinic. He couldn't fly when he was found, and his prognosis isn't known yet, but he's in good hands now.

You can follow his progress on his live patient chart (intake #2026-6365):
http://cwrescue.hopto.org/cgi-bin/RaptorMedCGI.exe?patient=2026-6365&forceDisplay=true
(If the link won't open on your phone, copy and paste it into your browser.)

Thank you to everyone who shared, and to the neighbors who looked out for him and helped get him to us. 💙

10/29/2026

🎉 **The reveal is in!**

Our Uber passenger has arrived safely — a **house finch**, stuck to a glue trap. (For the record, even our director guessed Carolina wren — the odds-on favorite for glue-trap cases around here — but this little one surprised us!)

Glue traps don't discriminate. They're sold for insects and rodents, but birds and other small wildlife get caught in them too, and they can't free themselves. The good news: this finch is safe with us now, and the slow, careful work of removing the glue has already begun — watch the video to see how it's done. 👇

If you ever find an animal stuck to a glue trap, please don't try to pull them free — that can tear skin and feathers. Keep them warm and contained, and call a licensed wildlife rehabilitator right away. And if you use glue traps at home, please consider a wildlife-safe alternative. 💙

Welcome in, little one.

He has been examined, and he is actually in great shape with no broken bones or injuries other than the abrasion to his wrist. As soon as he gets a patient record, we will post it here so you can follow his progress and release!!

10/29/2026

🚗🐦 Special delivery!

Right now, a bird is on its way to us at an after hours drop off location … in an Uber. Yes, really. When a finder can't make the drive themselves, sometimes our patients catch a ride.

Stay tuned — we'll introduce our newest patient as soon as they arrive. Any guesses what's in the box? 👀