Sponsor a Small Bird ($50)
For just $50 you can sponsor a small bird!
WILDNorth receives a wide array of songbirds such as: Robins, sparrows, finches, blue jays, flickers, vireos, chickadees, magpies, crows, ravens, swallows, waxwings, and woodpeckers. We also receive many birds from the Corvidae family, such as Magpies, Crows, Bluejays, and Ravens. These birds sometimes have a bad reputation, but they are amazingly intelligent birds with complex social structures who have adapted well to our urban environments.
These birds typically come in due to habitat destruction, injury, contamination, or they have been orphaned. Window strikes and cat catches are two of the major reasons small birds come into our care! With young birds, we care for them from hatchlings all the way to mature juveniles, providing food, shelter, and the necessary socialization and foraging skills to be successful in the wild. Click the button below to sponsor one of our bird patients.
We currently have quite a number of Bohemian Waxwings in care! Waxwings are notorious for flying into windows. Their diet largely consists of berries, including those of the Mountain Ash tree. These berries are often naturally fermented, so when the birds eat them, they become rather…tipsy. Unfortunately, with their flight and vision impaired, the Waxwings are even more likely to collide with windows. This often results in head and/or collar bone injuries.
To support the care of a songbird patient, please click the button below.