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• Home sweet home

  Saturday, Nov 29, 2008 11:13AM / Standard Entry / Members only
  

  I thought I would show you all where I live...

  

  See that white shack? Yep its home sweet home...Indeed! See I live with an owl. I guess that sort of makes me a little like Harry Potter!

  

  Nah, lame joke I don;t live here but the owl does! For now anyway. I volunteer with an organization called the Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation. What they do is they rehabilitate, educated and do research about wildlife like this owl.

  If an animal gets hurt  due to poachers, stupid people who are losers or highway accidents the AIWC's mission is to take the wildlife back to the centre, nurse them back to health and then release them into the wild. ITs a very cool organization. My job is to write a few articles about rehabilitated animals and take their photos! The Owl in the picture is pissed because I woke her up during her day time nap!

  But its okay, she went straight back to sleep!

   

  Cool hey? Owls are awesome.

  I am writing a story about this guy here.

  

  He is a bald eagle who was found up in the Canadian north. His flight feathers are broken, he has bumblefoot (an infection in the feet that is really bad for birds) and has a mass of calcium and other build up in his wing which prevents him from flying. He is going to have to be at the centre for awhile. Other then that he is recovering pretty well! He was found at the city dump looking for food so its a good thing he was brought in. Most likely his wing got injured and he was forced to walk around the groud looking for food, which led to the sores on his foot. Cuts and sores and a birds foot are terrible since birds are always standing. Bumblefoot in a bird  can lead to its death if the infection is bad. His feet seem okay now. But the main concern is getting the boy's wing back into shape! He is getting acupunture from a Vet to reduce the malignant mass in his wing that prevents him from flying.

  My favourite trio at the centre are the three amigos!

  

  What do you get when you put a pelican, a Canada Goose and a Snow Goose together? Answer? A bloody mess. I have never seen birds that poo as much as these three. Anyway if you are wondering why three different species are being put together in a room, the biologists says that flock animals like these birds need the company of others or else they get very distressed. The pelican was the victem of would-be-poachers who shot an arrow into his neck. Tough little guy survived the hit long enough to get the help he needed.

  

  

  Hawks and falcons come to the centre alot because they get hit by cars, poached, stupid humans tried to catch them ect ect you name it, it can happen! I like this picture. Beautiful fellows!

  Well thats it. I could not resist posting a few photos up! Check out the centre. Its a interesting organization http://www.aiwc.moonfruit.com/