Safe Wings Ottawa

All new Safe Wings volunteers are invited to attend a general orientation presented via Zoom.

You need only attend one session.
As we near the end of the fall migration, we may not offer any more sessions this year. New dates will be set next spring. (February-March 2026)

Stories like this remind us just how vital our volunteers are. 💚

Whether you patrol for injured birds, drive them to safety, or lend a hand behind the scenes, you are the reason birds like this grouse get a second chance.

#ruffedgrouse #grouse #ottcity #ottawa #canada #ontario #safewingsottawa

✨ A Rare Admission! ✨
Some species are surprisingly uncommon in our care—even when they’re common in the wild. The ruffed grouse is one of them. Window collisions are often fatal for these birds, which means we rarely have the chance to help one recover. The last one we admitted was back in 2022!

The plastic spider webs are so bad for wildlife! Many birds and bees get trapped in them and die :( They are much better inside.

A new estimate of number of birds killed by cats in Canada was just published: https://ace-eco.org/vol20/iss2/art12/

Congratulations and thank you to all authors including ECCC authors, Elizabeth Gow (co-supervisor of PhD student, Jonathan Chu), Julie Bourque and Christian Roy for this work.

Please share and turn off your lights at night.

📣‼️Thanks to our hardworking committee members, our website is now fully fixed and working as usual at: safewings.ca

If this is a bird emergency, please call us right away at (613)-216-8999!

Thank you for your ongoing support and understanding 🐦❤️

We’re already working with security experts to fix the problem and restore normal search results. Thank you for your patience and for supporting Ottawa’s birds! 🐦💚

🔔 IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY:
If you search for Safe Wings Ottawa on Google right now, you may see a fake spam website in the results. This issue is on Google’s side and does not affect your computer.

✅ Our official website is safe and available at: safewings.ca

FRIENDLY REMINDER: Our next meeting is this Thursday via Zoom @ 8pm Eastern. Haven't got the email yet? Be sure to sign up here: app.betterimpact.com/Application?...

Found an unhappy chimney swift… on the way to the wild bird centre @safewingsottawa.bsky.social

Sweet thing! Have you contacted Swiftwatch @birdscanada.bsky.social to notify?

Thank you for trying your best, Chimney Swifts are such magical birds <3

Update: unfortunately we found out that the sweet little chimney swift had suffered critical injuries from a collision and passed away. Received a very nice note from the folks at the Wildbird center, and that they did everything they could, but to no avail.

Sigh.

@safewingsottawa.bsky.social

If you'd like to volunteer with Safe Wings Ottawa for the 2025 Global Bird Rescue Week, please DM us or complete a volunteer application form by visiting: safewings.ca/support-us/v... ❤🐦🪟
Thank you!

Have you participated in Global Bird Rescue Week before hosted by Fatal Light Awareness Program Canada?
#GlobalBirdRescue from Sept 22-28, 2025.

Join FLAP Canada to rescue and document birds that have collided with buildings in your community. Learn more, visit globalbirdrescue.org.

Have you ever seen something so cute?! Please do NOT feed or give water to baby birds as good intentions can turn lethal with nestlings choking on food or drowning from water not properly administered.

Learn more: safewings.ca/found-a-bird/ & www.wildbirdcarecentre.org/bird-emergency

We're officially on BlueSky!

Please visit: safewings.ca/support-us/v... to help us achieve our mission or donate to our cause by visiting safewings.ca/support-us/d...

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