Lynn's Journal
January 23 - January 29
The Week in Review
We had a very quiet week at the Pendleton Center which gave us time to work on a Get The Lead Out rack card. Scroll down to see both sides of the card...
January 16 - January 22
Another Eagle Lost to Lead
A Bald Eagle was found coated in mud and unable to fly in a feedlot near Hermiston. The initial exam found no injuries, but the eagle’s blood lead level was 105.7 micrograms/deciliter, a critical amount of lead. We administered IV fluids and the first dose of chelation (to lower the lead level) and then spent an hour bathing the eagle to remove the mud. …
January 9 - January 15
The Week in Review
The second week in January finally brought the first three admissions of 2023 to the Pendleton Center. Sadly, we were not able to save any of them. Red-tailed Hawk 23-001 was an adult exhibiting symptoms of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, HPAI. …
January 2 - January 8
The Week in Review
Although no birds were admitted to BMW’s Pendleton center this past week, it was an eventful time. On Tuesday, Dakota Castets-Didier of the East Oregonian visited BMW to see the new Intake complex consisting of Admission, Triage and Quarantine buildings that will allow new birds to be safely screened for avian influenza …
December 26 - Jan 1
Welcome to 2023!!!
Thank you to everyone who helped make Blue Mountain Wildlife’s year-end fundraising such an over whelming success. You raised just shy of $80,000 in December. That is more than one-third of BMW’s annual operating budget and puts us in an excellent position to deal with the opportunities and challenges of the new year. …
