Hospital

   ‘”Hospital facility for Birds of Prey”

  Perhaps the greatest achievement thus far to the Centre is the completion of the hospital clinic to house the injured and orphaned birds admitted weekly .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.

  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 !

  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 will have outside flight cages attached to the building to allow outside access.

  The main admitting room is the centre of activity and is primarily for treatments ,daily food preparation and wash up.

  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.