Our Wildlife Care Center received large numbers of healthy fledgling Cooper’s Hawks at the end of June/beginning of July. The record-high temperatures (116 degrees) may have rushed them to all fledge at once, leaving many young raptors on the ground, and out in the open causing people to grow concerned.
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Portland Audubon’s plans to upgrade our campus provide an exciting opportunity to walk our talk by integrating Bird Safe, Lights Out, Green Roof, and Backyard Habitat Certification Program demonstration projects into our facilities showcasing how they can incorporate green elements into their own homes, yards, businesses, and beyond.
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The new Wildlife Care Center will significantly advance both the quality and type of medical care we are able to offer our patients. By adding a surgical suite, laboratory space and equipment, on-demand oxygen, and a larger radiology space, we will drastically improve patient outcomes, leading to more injured and orphaned wildlife heading back into the wild.
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Back in May, we received this American Robin fledgling from a good Samaritan who found the poor bird in some bushes outside, being attacked by their domestic cat. By far, the most common cause for injured wildlife admitted to our center are cat attacks.
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William Finley understood something when he founded Portland Audubon in 1902 that remains an essential part of how we approach conservation today: Having empathy and appreciation for the wild animals that surround us is often the first step toward developing a conservation ethic. The new building will allow us to do so much more for the animals, and engage so many more people in the life-changing experience of helping a wild animal.
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For over a century, our headquarters and wildlife sanctuary on Cornell Road have served as the hub for our work, and one of the most influential centers for Oregon’s conservation movement. Now, after decades of supporting us in our mission, our well-loved facilities are long overdue for renewal and modernization.
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Every spring, we receive orphaned Canada Goslings at the Wildlife Care Center. We care for them while scouting for appropriate adoptive families. Canada Goose parents are quite caring and communal, and will adopt babies that are the same size as theirs if they join the “line up.” This allows us to always send healthy goslings back out to be raised in the wild, giving them their best chance at survival, with the unparalleled care and knowledge an adult goose can provide.
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We received six baby Barn Owls from a Good Samaritan who found them in some bales of hay that were transported from an unknown location in Madras, Oregon. Every year, we get young Barn Owls this way! Since we were unable to put them back with their family, we will raise them here at our Wildlife Care Center.
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Our Wildlife Care Center’s received a female Northwestern Garter Snake who was found injured outside of an apartment complex. While the rescuer wanted to keep her as a pet, we were thankful they came to us first, because we were able to identify her as a native species, and help her return to the wild where she can thrive.
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