@wildliferescuebc.bsky.social
Western Canada’s busiest wildlife rehabilitation center, caring for on average 5,000 animals a year! 🦆🍃 Wildlife Rescue website: https://www.wildliferescue.ca/ Report a wildlife emergency: https://www.wildliferescue.ca/report-an-emergency/
We’re launching a new three-part webinar series all about baby bird behaviour — starting with some local favourites: chickadees & bushtits.
📅When: Wednesday March 4, 6:00 PM (PST)
📍Where: Online via Zoom
Sign up here: hello.wrabc.ca/baby-bird-ch...
Want to get over someone in a light-hearted, cathartic way this Valentine's Day? Our patients are here to offer some comfort❤️🩹
With a minimum $15 donation, name a mealworm after your ex and receive a video of them being fed to one of our patients!
Name a mealworm here: give.wrabc.ca/page/valenti...
The 2026 Winter Newsletter is out now!
Come get your free physical copy at our site on the shore of Burnaby Lake, or pick one up at local libraries and community centres across Greater Vancouver.
Want to receive the newsletter at home? Contact our team via giving@wildliferescue.ca to sign up.
✨️ Your gift is doubled! ✨️
A generous group of match champions is matching every dollar you give until December 31. Your compassion goes twice as far to rescue, rehabilitate, and release animals in crisis.
Donate now: give.wrabc.ca/page/Holiday...
Recently, Wildlife Rescue admitted a gull who had a tracker attached to them, used by researchers and scientists to study movements and migrations.
The gull had migrated to the Lower Mainland all the way from Alaska! And has already travelled quite a distance since release.
It’s #GivingTuesday! 💚
From swans to ducklings and cormorants - thousands of water birds are counting on you! Your donation today will restore three essential recovery spaces and give one pen a much-needed new pool.
Donate now: give.wrabc.ca/page/giving-...
This Black Friday, skip the frenzy and choose a gift that gives back. 💚🎁
Until November 30, get the second Wildlife Calendar 50% off! Your purchase helps injured and orphaned animals heal and return home.
Get yours now: shop.wrabc.ca/products/202...
This Glaucous-winged Gull was struggling to survive with a plastic cup wedged on their beak.
Thankfully, our skilled Rescue Volunteer was able to quickly capture and bring this gull to our Wildlife Hospital.
The cup left deep cuts, but with treatment and care, this brave bird is healing well!
This juvenile Snow Goose was found in a backyard after being attacked by a predator.
Did you know that adult Snow Geese have two different colour morphs? A single gene determines if their feathering will be blueish-black or white!
The 2026 Wildlife Calendar is here!
Featuring beautiful photos of local wildlife, all captured by the winners of this year’s Wildlife in Your World Photo Contest.
All proceeds go towards the care of injured and orphaned wildlife.
👉️ Get your copies now: shop.wrabc.ca/products/202...
Wildlife Rescue is nominated as a finalist for Not-for-Profit Organization of the Year at the Burnaby Business Excellence Awards! 👏
Thank you to the Burnaby community and the Burnaby Board of Trade for your continued support and acknowledgment of Wildlife Rescue's mission to help local wildlife.
Two campers were surprised to find this Western Toad in their cooler upon arriving home. 🐸
Following observation and care at Wildlife Rescue to ensure the toad was healthy, they were driven back to the location where they were found and were safely released back to the wild.
The perfect #Christmas pressie from @wildliferescuebc.bsky.social shop.wrabc.ca/products/202...
Still keeping your hummingbird feeders out this fall and winter? Swipe through for tips on how to care for them properly and keep these tiny birds safe and healthy.
If you're unsure if you're able to commit to this or if you're going on vacation at all, we recommend taking the feeder down to minimize the chance of disease spread or freezing. For more information feel free to reference our blog post: www.wildliferescue.ca/2024/01/29/y...
Anna's Hummingbirds remain in the lower mainland year-round however, their natural food sources do reduce during winter. If you decide to keep your feeder, it's important to closely monitor it, clean it regularly, and ensure that it doesn't freeze (which it sounds like you're doing a great job at!).
Your Thanksgiving spread might include mashed potatoes and pie, but at Wildlife Rescue, the menu looks a little different! 🍽️
A Berry Buffet for songbirds, or a Mealworm Medley for bats - every dish helps injured wildlife recover.
Donate a meal today: shop.wrabc.ca/collections/...
What an incredible @wildliferescuebc.bsky.social story! www.wildliferescue.ca/2025/08/20/r...
POV: All you want is a good morning, looking at some birds. 🦉🦆🐦️
Tag your favourite birding buddy!
⭐The Best Bird in BC Competition is back!⭐
After the successful debut in 2024 crowned the Anna's Hummingbird as the winner, 32 of the coolest songbirds in British Columbia are now coming together for a sing-off.
📣 Round one closes at 12pm today, vote now: www.wildliferescue.ca/best-bird-in...
Guess the bird feet! 🐦️👣
Although they swim like a duck, American Coots do not have webbed feet. Instead, they have lobes on their toes that help them kick through the water. The lobes fold back each time the bird lifts their foot, so that they can walk on dry land and on softer, mucky ground.
The Vancouver Avian Research Centre (VARC) is hosting a Virtual Bird Identification Workshop this spring!
📅 April 15, 22, 29 & May 6, 13
⏰ 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM PST
💻 5 interactive Zoom sessions + optional guided field trips
Learn more here: donorbox.org/id25
This #Anna'sHummingbird was caught in netting. She exhausted her energy reserves trying to escape and was left extremely lethargic and barely able to fly.
The bird was diagnosed with low blood sugar, given sugar water, and placed on oxygen overnight. She's slowly regaining her strength!
Every raffle ticket you purchase goes a long way for wildlife!
The winner of the raffle will get a $3000 voucher and $150 gift certificate for a luxurious stay and dinner at the Four Seasons Resort and Residences Whistler.
🎟️ Get your tickets here: trellis.org/getaway?utm_...
This Glaucous-winged Gull had just finished up their daily wound care session after being found stuck in a railing with some deep wounds under one wing.
Medical staff have been treating these wounds with daily cleanings, pain medications, and antibiotics to promote healing and prevent infections.
✨ Join us for a free webinar all about hummingbirds! ✨
Wildlife Rescue and VARC are teaming up to share fascinating facts, patient stories, and ways you can help these tiny wonders thrive.
📅 Tuesday, February 25th 6:30PM (PST)
📍 Online
Register here: hello.wrabc.ca/webinar-humm...
Got heartbreak? We've got hungry patients! 💔🦗
If you need help getting over someone who caused you heartbreak, why not name an insect after them, then watch that symbolic representation of your ex get fed to a hungry animal?
Name your insect here: shop.wrabc.ca/products/fee...
With a cold snap hitting the Lower Mainland this week, monitoring your hummingbird feeders for frost is important to protect these little flying gems from life-threatening injuries.
Find more hummingbird feeder guidance here: www.wildliferescue.ca/2024/01/29/y... #birds #hummingbirds
All kinds of wildlife situations are reported to Wildlife Rescue, this is one of the more unusual cases! 🦆
This Mallard seemed to have a stick impaled in his side. We had prepared to send him for surgery but the medical team found the stick was actually stuck around him, like a harness!