Willet Babies Hatched from Eggs

American Coot Baby only a few days old

Magpie—Newly released (Fall 2010), this Magpie is scoping out his surroundings

This 1st year female golden eagle took a direct hit by a skunk AND a porcupine…two lessons learned the hard way.

An adult Male osprey. He came to us with a broken bone in his left wing.

Young Double-crested Cormorant

Golden Eagle

Six Blackcapped Chickadee Babies

Clark’s Grebe. Released late 2010

Pictured here is an American White Pelican who was so sick he fell asleep during his initial examination—the patient presented with symptoms of botulism, a naturally occurring bacteria/toxin (April 7th).

Taking flight for the first time, this baby hummer was not expected to make it after barely surviving 2 weeks on only sugar water. The condition of his feathers will improve as he preens and bathes to remove the sticky sugar water. Here he is sipping the special nutritive formula we call “liquid gold” which will help revitalize this youngster and seems to be working quite well!

newly hatched/hatching baby screech owls

Baby Hummingbirds

Swainson’s Hawk release

Sandhill Crane “Colt”

Hummingbird Babies in Nest

This Tundra Swan also presented with botulism symptoms (April 9th)

Black-capped Chickadee

We deal in wild native birds, but when humanity takes it’s negative aim on the introduced species we must help relieve the suffering—this Rock Dove with a blow dart imbedded in it was saved—blow darts are becoming a maiming toy for some people and we’ve seen a huge increase in this kind of activity lately—it’s not just “pigeons” that suffer as these people seemingly shoot at anything and many animals die after a long period of suffering.

“Leave me alone!” This is a Barn Owl at pre-release

A juvenile American Pelican