Second Chance Wildlife Center is housed in a historic Gaithersburg farmhouse surrounded by fields, woods, a marsh, and a stream. Several spacious flight cages, small mammal enclosures, waterfowl pens, and raccoon quarters are located on the adjacent lawns. Many recently released animals share the grounds with the permanent wild residents before moving on to establish their own niches in the surrounding fields and woods. To learn more about us, click here.
Feb 12, 2012 - If you are interested in volunteering with SCWC, please review the program descriptions on our Volunteer page and fill out the volunteer application. All applicants are required to attend ONE volunteer orientation; please bring the completed application with you to your session.
The following dates are available:
Saturday, February 25
Sunday, February 26
Saturday, March 3
Sunday, March 4
Saturday, March 10
Sunday, March 11
Dec 8, 2011 - SCWC must move to a new facility. Our current location is experiencing the typical symptoms of a 100-year-old farmhouse and we cannot stay where we have been for the last 16 years. Due to health and safety reasons, we can neither rebuild nor renovate the farmhouse.
CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM SCWC's PRESIDENT. ALSO READ THE GAZETTE.NET NEWS ARTICLE.
A Jewel from Mother Nature
It was an average day in June, meaning animals were being admitted left and right and we were struggling to keep up with the hourly baby songbird feedings, when a citizen arrived with another baby bird. She had been trimming branches when she suddenly noted a tiny creature on the ground. An ornithologist friend of hers had identified the baby as a hummingbird. The little hummer weighed one gram on admission, barely enough to register on our scale.
