Lynn's Journal

September 18 - September 24

Nestling BNOW

The Week In Review

Fall is definitely in the air, but we haven’t come close to a frost yet. There was just one admission this past week, a nestling Barn Owl. What are those owl parents thinking?! The owlet came from a haystack near Pilot Rock that was being moved. …

September 11 - September 17

RTHA by semi

Round-Up Week In Pendleton

By the time you see this newsletter, the 2023 Pendleton Round-Up will be in the record books. For BMW it was a fairly quiet week. Most of the excitement was on Tuesday evening when we received a call from OSP dispatch that there was an injured hawk at the I-84 airport exit just west of Pendleton.

September 4 - September 10

BARS 1 released

Six More Releases

Releases outnumbered admissions this week. Two young Barn Swallows were released.

First one...


Then the second swallow flew free…

BARS 2 rel


And they found new friends right away…

BARS & friends


Four Lesser Goldfinches were also released

Its hard to catch 9 gram (1/3 of an ounce) birds coming out of a box in focus!

August 28 - September 3

AMKE release

A Kestrel Release

Winnie traveled to Hermiston to return a young American Kestrel to her family. She had fledged on Main Street. Mackenzie Park, about a block away, is a much safer location! She went home with some new bling, a band on her right leg.


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