Spring finally arrives at Greenwood!

A busy schedule and travel made it difficult for me to visit Greenwood very often during the late winter and early spring months.  When I did have a chance, though,  I was often told, "No one new here.  No need to come."  While it is great that few animals needed Greenwood during this time, it does not mean that they will stay away long!  Opie the opossum grew a lot during the winter, and here he is showing us that he'd rather be snug as a bug in his straw than be disturbed during his beauty rest.  Opossums are nocturnal creatures and I would love to have a night-vision web cam to capture his antics in the dark! 

As winter slowly turned into spring, Greenwood began to receive the regulars.  Below is a newly fledged finch awaiting a feeding, a goldfinch tests his or her feathers by escaping the handler's grasp and flying up to the emergency lights, and some doves huddle together as they gain their strength to return to the wild. Spring would not be officially here without the squirrels, though.  As of this writing, Greenwood is caring for more than 75 baby squirrels!  They are so cute and so needy.  It is fun to see the new and seasoned volunteers make comfortable squirrel homes with tree branches and lots of good food to help the squirrels grow up to be independent and wild.  Thanks Greenwood volunteers and welcome spring!  (Click on image to enlarge or to view as slideshow).