Visit our Education Center!
Bring the whole family to learn about Southwest Florida wildlife.Hours and Admission
Upcoming Presentations and Programs at CROW
Today's Events
Wildlife Walk Guided Hospital Tour - **Advance registration required**
Southwest Florida is filled with fascinating wildlife, and CROW provides a unique opportunity to look into wildlife rehabilitation and meet the staff ...
Wildlife Rescue 101
Have you ever come across wildlife in “distress” but did not know the appropriate steps to help? Florida is home to more than 700 terrestrial animals ...
Wildlife Walk Guided Hospital Tour - **Advance registration required**
Southwest Florida is filled with fascinating wildlife, and CROW provides a unique opportunity to look into wildlife rehabilitation and meet the staff ...
Patient Profiles: Virginia Opossums
Virginia Opossums are the only marsupial, or pouched mammal, native to the United States. They are highly adaptable animals and can live in a variety ...
Upcoming Events
Wildlife Walk Guided Hospital Tour - **Advance registration required**
Southwest Florida is filled with fascinating wildlife, and CROW provides a unique opportunity to look into wildlife rehabilitation and meet the staff ...
Patient Profiles: Owls of Southwest Florida
Raptors are birds that prey on other animals in the wild to survive. Their specialized beaks and talons make them some of the most effective hunters. ...
Wildlife Walk Guided Hospital Tour - **Advance registration required**
Southwest Florida is filled with fascinating wildlife, and CROW provides a unique opportunity to look into wildlife rehabilitation and meet the staff ...
Baby Care at CROW
Wildlife parents are very devoted to the care of their young and rarely abandon them, and juveniles found “abandoned” might actually be in a natural s ...
Wildlife Walk Guided Hospital Tour - **Advance registration required**
Southwest Florida is filled with fascinating wildlife, and CROW provides a unique opportunity to look into wildlife rehabilitation and meet the staff ...
CROW News, Stories & Press Releases
CROW Feathers is a chance for you to meet and learn a little bit about the staff, students, and volunteers working behind-the-scenes to help rescue, rehabilitate and release the thousands of wildlife patients admitted to CROW's hospital each year! more...
The red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) is usually heard before it is seen. These vocal birds with prominent black, barred backs are known to alert other birds with quick chatter when approaching a bird feeder and are quite entertaining wit more...
The blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) is a blue and white songbird that is known for its intelligence. Part of its expertise includes mimicking the calls of hawks to provide protective information that a hawk is around, even though one may be seen but more...
Meet Our Animal Ambassadors
Each of our Animal Ambassadors has a unique story and important place in our programs. Bringing guests closer to our ambassadors is just one way we will help others gain an appreciation for local wildlife.
Lola
Lola, the American kestrel (patient #13-0533), arrived at CROW in March 2013 with a broken wing that could not be repaired. Along with arthritis in the same wing, she is unable to fly more than a few feet. Without the ability to fly, she would be unable to hunt successfully in the wild.
Mina
Mina, a great horned owl (patient #16-3770), was brought to the clinic in December of 2016. She had suffered an injury and lost part of her wing. The amputation had completely healed before she was admitted to the hospital. She was otherwise in good health and it is suspected her mate had been caring for her in the wild.
Talon
Talon is a red-tailed hawk. When younger, Talon suffered a wing injury which was unable to be corrected rendering him unable to fly well enough to hunt on his own.
Billy
Billy the Armadillo (patient #17-1136) arrived at the clinic in April of 2017 after he was found as an orphan in Cape Coral, Florida. At the time, due to the classification of his species as a non-native species, Billy was unable to be released back into wild when he got older.
GiGi
GiGi, a female Virginia opossum (patient #19-1238), was admitted to the hospital along with her two siblings in April 2019. The trio was found huddled in a corner along the outside of a house in Cape Coral and were taken to a drop-off location. GiGi and her siblings were in perfect health, except that GiGi was missing a majority of her tail.
