Hospital
‘”Hospital facility for
Birds of Prey”
Perhaps the
greatest achievement for the Centre was the completion of the hospital
clinic to house injured and orphaned birds of prey. This project was
started in the fall of 1996 and
completed in the fall of 1999. The completion was made possible by numerous
sizable donations from local companies and individuals who support the work at
B.C.R.R. Many volunteers, both friends and family helped to build the new clinic
.Upon completion an open house was held in October 1999 to thank those who made
this day possible.
The
clinic consists of an intensive
care room that has various sized small cages each equipped with a heat
source, special doweled doors to protect the birds
feet and feathers and special small feeding doors that prevent any bird
from escaping . These were designed for
the notorious escapees such as Coopers Hawks , Kestrels and Screech Owls to name
just a few.
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Once
recovered the bird would next go to one of four observation
rooms .These rooms are designed with one way viewing glass
to enable the observation of a patient without disturbing them .
When you can get eye ball to eye
ball with a Coopers Hawk to watch
his behavior this is an accomplishment !
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Great Blue Heron
Two more
rooms are reserved for a couple of small
educational imprinted Kestrels and a
Screech Owl .They have spacious indoor cages that allow flight and interaction
with their human handlers and have outside flight cages attached to the
building to allow outside access.
feeding time
The main admitting
room is the centre of activity and is primarily for treatments ,daily
food preparation and wash up.
inside hospital examining area
An upper loft to the building is still under renovation. Once finished it will provide office space, washroom facilities and a lunch room area for the volunteers.
Local veterinarians offer many services to the Bluewater Centre For Raptor Rehabilitation including Xrays, surgeries, consults and helping to clean oiled birds.
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