Lynn's Journal
March 20 - March 26
We Are Thankful For Two Grants!!!
Thank you to the Wildlife Support Charitable Trust for a $12,000 grant which will be used for operating expenses in 2023. We are very grateful for the Trust’s continuing support of BMW.
We are also very grateful to an anonymous donor…
March 13 - March 19
The Week In Review
The Education Birds are getting their annual check ups. This week it was Barn Owls Helen and Carmen and Short-eared Owls Sally and Wendy’s turn. Everyone received a clean bill of health!
Barn Owls, Tyto alba, have a pectinate talon on each foot, unlike other owls who are in a different family, Strigidae. …
March 6 - March 12
The Week In Review
We had another quiet week with no new admissions at the Pendleton Center. We were able to release Western Screech Owl 23-012 admitted on February 27 after being found stuck to a sticky trap. After a bath and a few days inside to completely dry and get his bearings, the little owl went out to a flight pen. …
February 27 - March 5
The Week In Review
It was another fairly slow week as we inch toward spring. The Benton City Center admitted an adult Barn Owl from Yakima that appears to have been in a collision. It has no apparent fractures, but is unable to fly. Hopefully tincture of time is all that is needed for a full recovery.
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