We Really Do Love Owls

Sunday was visitors’ day at the Santa Rosa Bird Rescue Center. What an educational afternoon it was! The dedicated Center volunteers are now caring for 18 resident birds of prey that are unable to survive in the wild on their own. We met a pair of sibling Great Horned Owls that will spend the rest of their lives there because someone thought that feeding them while they were young was a good idea. It turns out that these wonderful beings must be taught by their parents to hunt, fly and survive. Without this early imprinting they are not able to learn later. The two siblings were found and rescued as they attempted to visit someone’s kitchen for a bite. Of course, isn’t that where all food comes from? That’s what they thought too!

We were absolutely amazed at how large these birds are. Their eyes seem to look right through you. And they don’t really have horns but wispy feathers that make them look bigger when they feel threatened. We took some beautiful pictures thanks to Andreas and her colleagues.

The Santa Rosa Bird Rescue Center is open 365 days per year and annually rescue, rehabilitate and release over 3,000 orphaned, ill or injured native wild birds. The Center survives on contributions of money, food and volunteers. As part of their ongoing public education process, Alida Morzenti, former Director of the UC Davis Raptor Center will be conducting a five-part series of lectures on the natural history of raptors this coming September.

For more information on how you can volunteer, donate, become a sponsor and/or participate in lectures visit Birdrescuecenter.org

Who needs olives when you have olive leaves?

Disease and wrinkle-free for life thanks to these guys!

While olive oil is well known for its flavor and health benefits, the leaf has been used medicinally in various times and places. Natural olive leaf and olive leaf extracts (OLE), are now marketed as anti-aging, immunostimulators, and even antibiotics. Clinical evidence has proven the blood pressure lowering effects of carefully extracted olive leaf extracts. Bio-assays support its antibacterial, anti-fungal, and anti-inflammatory effects at a laboratory level. A liquid extract made directly from fresh olive leaves recently gained international attention when it was shown to have an antioxidant capacity almost double green tea extract and 400% higher than vitamin C.

Olive leaf and extracts are used in the complementary and alternative medicine community

for the ability to act as a natural pathogens killer by inhibiting the replication process of many

pathogens.

Olive leaf is commonly used to fight colds and flu, yeast infections, and viral infections such

as the hard-to-treat Epstein-Barr disease, shingles and herpes. Olive leaf is also good for the

heart. Olive leaf has been shown to reduce low-density lipoproteins (LDL), or bad cholesterol.

Researchers have found that olive leaf lowers blood pressure and increases blood flow by

relaxing the arteries.

Olive leaf harbors antioxidant properties that help protect the body from the continuous activity

of free radicals. Free radicals are highly reactive chemical substances that, when oxidized, can

cause cellular damage if left unchecked. Some recent research on the olive leaf has shown its

antioxidants to be effective in treating some tumors and cancers such as liver, prostate, and

breast cancer but the research on this is preliminary.

Olive leaf can be taken as a liquid concentrate, dried leaf tea, powder, or capsule or by just

chewing freshly picked olive leaves.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_leaf

Meet our "Rodent Busters"

Faucherli (Fau-ker-lee) the Femme Feline Fatale

You're our girl Blue!

The only rodents that ever make inside the facility are dead or close to it thanks to these guys.

Upcoming Wine Tasting Events!

Here are some upcoming wine events we'll be participating in. Come say hi!
Taste of San Rafael - Saturday, August 14th
Wine tasting at 58 Degrees and Holding - Wednesday, Aug 18th
Salmon Aid Go Wild Gala -  Wednesday, Sept 1st

What Is Meritage?

A Virtual Tour the Winery

Here is the first virtual tour of the Terra Sávia facilities in Hopland, CA. This short slide show will take you from the tasting room, through our native plant garden, and out into the vineyard. The music is by a band from Santa Cruz called 300 Pounds and was used with full permission. This slide show will be updated every couple of months to keep things fresh.  If you play music and have some recorded material you think would go well with our slide show, please email pecos@terrasavia.com for more info.  

Thanks and Enjoy...




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