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Jackson, our resident Great Horned Owl, preens and stretches - going through the daily motions. His adopted young takes note and attempts to tend to himself in a similar fashion.
Jackson, our resident Great Horned Owl, and his adopted baby on day 1 of the surrogacy. Jackson positions himself, blocking unwarranted access to his new ward. The orphaned baby Great Horn was brought to us by a conscientious neighbor.
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Chattering baby Chimney Swifts
Baby bird season is here!
Our Director, Rick Schubert, talks us through the release of a Great Horned Owl.
In this video, an orphaned Robin feeds a meal worm to its cage mate.
Raised to adulthood and released. It is extremely hard to raise wrens properly, requiring meticulous work, so it is very satisfying to see them foraging and eating on their own, knowing they have the survival skills to make it in the world. And they have Free Will!
Releasing a recuperated hawk at the Philadelphia Metro Wildlife Center, after we gave him brand new wings and tail with a procedure called "imping".
An orphaned great horned owl that we raised with a surrogate adult, almost two months after a soft release, still doing well and surviving on her own!