Tangled Wing began in Winston-Salem, North Carolina with a neonate squirrel and three European Starling nestlings. A heating pad, a pair or tweezers, meal worms, a can of Esbilac, a feeding syringe and paper towels (lots & lots of paper towels) made up the rehab supplies.

The Second Year, we incorporated outdoor cages, an account with a mealworm company, three heating pads, a box full of feeding syringes, wildlife care manuals, a fantastic vet, Dr. Dennis Emerson; and we bought paper towels in bulk.

Our Third Year included a trip to the National Wildlife Rehabilitation Association Symposium in Seattle; more caging, more manuals, more supplies from cotton swabs to incubators, thousands & thousands of mealworms and paper towels; and, most importantly, volunteers. Year 3 we also discovered 101 uses for bungee cords & cable ties.

Years Four & Five were 24/7. Someone was always feeding animals, cleaning their cages & dishes, doing their laundry, preparing their various diets, transporting them for vet appointments, or changing water in the 'duck ponds' (our large, plastic swimming pool & a built-in-cage bathtub.) .

By 2001-02 we had adopted the name, Tangled Wing Emergence Care & Rehab, had developed a student volunteer program and were working on designs for a full-fledged care center (somewhere in-between the feeding, cleaning, washing, preparing, training, answering and tearing off of paper towels.)

In 2003, through the efforts of our dedicated volunteers, 889 birds, 227 mammals and 19 turtles had been cared for and released back into their wild habitats to continue their rolls as stewards of nature.

This Year, the director of TWECR of North Carolina, incorporated Tangled Wing Wildcare Conservancy in Gallatin, Tennessee, continuing the commitment to wildlife conservation in Sumner County and surrounding areas.