FAQ
   
 

If you find an injured animal or raptor
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary does not have facilities to care for injured raptors or other wildlife. If you find an injured animal please contact one of the wildlife rehabilitators listed below.

Rehabilitators closest to Hawk Mountain Sanctuary:

Peggy Sue Hentz at the Red Creek Wildlife Center
300 Moon Hill Drive, Schuylkill Haven, PA  17972
570-739-4393 or http://redcreekwildlifecenter.com/

Susan Gallagher at the Carbon County Environmental Center
151 E White Bear Drive, Summit Hill, PA  18250
570-929-3084 or 570-645-8597
http://www.carboneec.org/

To report a recovered bird band
Call 1-800-327-BAND (2264) or visit the USGS Bird Banding Lab's Bird Band Reporting Web Page


In Pennsylvania, contact the Pennsylvania Game Commission with rescue requests. The Commission website includes the most up-to-date rehabilitator list.

PA Game Commission Regional Offices:

Southeast Region:
Berks, Bucks, Chester, Dauphin, Delaware, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia, Schuylkill, and York counties.
Rd 2, Box 2584
Reading, Pa 19605
1-610-926-3136

Northeast Region: Bradford, Carbon, Columbia, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Montour, Northumberland, Pike, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Wayne, and Wyoming counties.
P.O. Box 220
Dallas, PA 18612-0220
1-717-675-1143


Additional links to find a rehabber in your area are listed below. Note that not every rehabber specializes in birds, but most will field questions and offer advice:

pawr.com/rehabbers.htm 'clickable' PA map, with links by county

www.tc.umn.edu/~devo0028/contact.htm links by state, county

www.delawarevalleybirding.com/groups5.htm Delaware Valley info (PA, NJ, DE)

http://www.tristatebird.org/ Tri-state Bird Rescue in Delaware specializes in oil-spills, but also is a great source in an emergency.


Other Rehabilitators in the Hawk Mountain region:

Hope Anwyll, 570-897-6659
PA Raptor & Wildlife Association, Mt. Bethel (Northampton)

Pocono Wildlife Rehab Center, 570-402-0223 or 1-877-877-9357
pocowild@ptd.net, Stroudsburg (Monroe)

Mary Jane Stretch, 215-968-4963
AARC Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center, Doylestown (Bucks)

Rick Schubert, 215-482-8217
Schuylkill Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Philadephia  (Bucks)


Veterinarians that may be of assistance:
570-386-5313, St. Francis Animal Hospital, South Tamaqua  

610-683-5353, Kutztown Animal Hospital, Kutztown