Animals In Distress Association & Ruth Melichar Bird Center

A little can go a long way when we get together and give together! Join us this week (May 4-7) in helping Idaho’s wildlife by donating to our Animals in Distress Association (AIDA) and Ruth Melichar Bird Center through ! Your donation of any amount through our Idaho Gives page directly helps the more than 3,000 injured and orphaned birds and animals that will come through our doors this year. Giving is quick and easy…just head over to the giving page (https://www.idahogives.org/organizations/animals-in-distress-association) to show your support. On behalf of the Treasure Valley’s birds and mammals, thank you for your kindness and generosity!

We're still smiling just thinking about our Baby Bird Shower! Join us in remembering such a special day by checking out our photo album from the event! Thank you again to everyone who helped make sure our baby bird season would start strong! See all the photos and learn more about the event in the photo album caption! 🐦

THANK YOU to everyone who attended this year's Baby Bird Shower! Hundreds came out to the center with shower gifts of seed, paper products, soap and gift cards, and many generously supported our raffles with monetary donations. We also have been getting donations from our Amazon Wish List and via online donations! Everything that was collected (and that’s still coming) will be used at the center this baby bird season, which is right around the corner…and we’ll be ready because of all of you!

And we also have to thank our amazing volunteers that helped make the event a success by providing our guests with learning opportunities and fun! We had Vivian from the Idaho Falconers’ Association with her Red Tailed Hawk; passing out important information about how to make your windows bird-safe, as well let attendees take part in a special art installation; Kelli and her domestic duck Daffy (who she adopted from our center after Daffy was found as a duckling that was left in the wild a few years ago) so attendees could learn about the difference between wild and domestic ducks and how she cares for them; simple make-and-take bird feeders and temporary bird tattoo station; delicious cupcakes from that were enjoyed during tours; fun kids games such as our duck pond and bird nest; and raffles featuring prizes from so many wonderful Treasure Valley businesses and donors.

We hope everyone enjoyed their time with us and learned about what we do to help the wild birds of the region. We’ll be announcing our spring and summer hours soon, when we’ll be in full swing and open longer hours as our center fills with baby and injured birds that are brought to us for care. We can’t help them without your help and support….so thank you for making sure we can continue to help our feathered friends!