You are Amazing!!!!
Blue Mountain Wildlife supporters have met Linda Wolcott’s challenge to raise $25,000 and are still going strong! You have raised $27,937 to date. Linda’s match brings the total to nearly $53,000. That amount, when combined with additional grant funding (two proposals are in the works), will make it possible to build new display pens, part of the Soar Higher Capital Campaign, for most of BMW’s Ambassador Birds who are on static display, freeing up four flight pens for use by rehabilitating birds. These are exciting times for Blue Mountain Wildlife!
There is still time to give to the Soar Higher challenge. We will be celebrating next Saturday, April 20 at Wild Birds Unlimited in Richland with the release of a Red-tailed Hawk!
Baby Season is slowly getting into gear…
After last year’s Barn Owl tsunami, this year’s slow start to baby season is a welcome relief. On Tuesday, a nestling Great Horned Owlet was blown out of its nest near Prescott, WA. Volunteer Bill transported the owl to Animal Clinic East in Walla Walla where it was examined and found to be uninjured. Bill then brought the nestling on to Pendleton.
On Sunday, three nestling Great Horned Owlets were harassed by crows until they ended up on the ground in Burbank, WA. Volunteers Kennie and Janie rescued the owlets and transported them, along with an injured Barn Owl, to Umatilla where they met Bob. Hopefully we will be able to return everyone to their respective families (and find a way to dissuade the crows).
Welcome Intern Kerry
Kerry has a background in environmental education and we are already picking her brain regarding curriculum development. She is also interested in exploring opportunities as a veterinary technician. Below, Samantha demonstrates to Kerry how to perform a physical exam on a nestling owlet.
Great Horned Owl 19-086
This unlucky female Great Horned Owl landed in a drying pond at the Pendleton Waste Water Treatment Plant. Fortunately, after a bath, we were able to return her to her family the next day.
