The Bird Rescue Center

Sometimes the best rescues end right back where they belong. 🦉

After a tiny Great Horned Owl fell from his nest, attentive property owners noticed his devoted parents protecting and feeding him from the ground and called our team for help. With careful planning, quick action, and the expert climbing skills of longtime friend Merlin Schlumberger, this little fluffball was reunited with his family high in the Redwoods… where we discovered a sibling waiting for him!

The proud parents immediately returned to caring for both babies, and another wild family is whole again.

One month after our first baby hummingbird, and our wards are starting to fill with the babies of many species!

Our most abundant babies right now are Dark-eyed Juncos. Pictured here is our first pair of the year - admitted after being caught by a domestic cat. Both babies sustained injuries requiring pain and wound management, antibiotics, and veterinarian attention. After 2 weeks in our care, they are now healed from their injuries, done with their medications, and are learning how to fly and forage. We are still providing hand-feedings every hour as they mature, and they will remain in care until they are fully flighted, self-feeding, and able to be independent and successful once back in the wild.