The Year of The Eagle

Four beautiful bald eagles called
Kindred Kingdoms home this year.
Two were adults with full white heads and tail feathers and two were juveniles.
One of the adults will winter over
at Kindred Kingdoms where we
anticipate a spring release.
Thank you to all the DEC officers
and biologists who supplied us with fish so that they could continue to be
fed their natural diets.
The eagle in the picture was returned
to his nesting area in Bath, NY, to be with his mate and female offspring.
You can see his release by visiting
my Facebook (Jean Soprano)
site and typing Kindred Kingdoms
in the search box.


~Nothing exists for itself alone, but only in relation to other forms of life ~
                                                                                          Charles Darwin
Hints for wildlife and winter

Decorate the yard for wildlife:
Gather Pine Cones and cover with
peanut butter, roll in sunflower or bird seed and place in trees or shrubs.
String Yarn with cranberries,
unsalted peanuts, unsalted &
unbuttered popcorn, dried fruit and cherrios and decorate your outdoor
trees and shrubs.

Decorate a wooden birdhouse by spreading peanut butter on the house, and applying seeds, unsalted nuts, berries, thistle, millet and dried fruit.

When you are done with an old live Christmas trees, recycle it.
Many towns have curbside pickup
or contact OCCRA or your local recycling facility for drop off dates.
Release Site:

If you own land with open
fields and woodlots, and you would be willing to allow us to release rehabilitated animals on your property, please call us at
(315) 695-6418.


A record-breaking year....
Once again this year,
Kindred Kingdoms accepted
over 900 animals.
That means that we received well
over 1000 phone calls.
Many times callers just need information so that they can better judge whether or not an animal really needs rescuing.
Each one is important to us and
we do our best to assess each situation. Since our time is limited, it is impossible for us to have a pick up service for
all the animals we get calls on
that truly need help.
We carefully instruct the finders on
how to capture and transport an animal
to us without causing harm to either human or animal. We sincerely thank those people who have been willing to postpone their busy schedules and drive great distances to get an animal help.
You are our heroes.

Five New Species

Each year Kindred Kingdoms keeps track of any animal species that came in that we have never had before.
This year we had our first egret, indigo buntadded tp our list:
a Blanding Turtle
a Mocking Bird,
A Blue Winged Teal,
a Pine Warbler,
and a Red-Breasted Nuthatch.

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