American White Pelican

This pelican was reported as needing assistance and was found in a cemetery in Faribault, MN. (Eleven days before Halloween!!) It took some chasing around the cemetery, but we eventually were able to capture the pelican and brought it to wildlife veterinarians.

Bald Eagle:

A bald eagle was reported injured on a trail that was along the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge. The eagle had sustained wing injuries from flying into power lines. It was an extremely long hike to where the eagle was found, but we safely captured it and brought it to wildlife veterinarians.

Yay for wagons!

White Tailed Fawn

We received a call from the public about an injured fawn who was stuck in mud and surrounded by brush. They believed its mom was killed by a car on the road not far from where it was. The fawn was believed to be without its mom for at least a day. It was seen struggling to free itself but unable to get out of the mud. One of our veterinarians immediately met us to assess the fawn. The fawn was unable to stand on her own for two weeks. With physical therapy and continuous nursing care, she finally started to stand. She recovered very well and was transferred to another wildlife rehabilitator with other fawns for her release site.

Mallard and her ducklings

We received a call from a concerned family. It seemed a young female mallard decided to nest in one of their flower beds on their balcony. This balcony was on the sixth floor. We discussed a variety of options about this situation with the family who found her. We all agreed on a plan for the mom and ducklings and the family was able to keep them together until they brought mom and her ducklings to us. We were able to keep mom with the ducklings as long as we could. In the third week she decided to take off and not return. The ducklings were thriving and were brought to another location where they joined more ducklings for them to finish growing until they were released.

Trumpeter Swan Cygnet

A little trumpeter swan cygnet had a damaged foot from being attacked by something.

We brought it to our veterinarian for surgery. The swan needed some time to recover but was able to be reunited with its family.

Thirteen lined ground squirrel

A ground squirrel was found in a park, badly injured. We were not sure he was going to survive. His face was badly torn open and he could not eat without assistance. Eventually he started getting better and his face started to heal. He was able to be released back to where he was found.

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