Apr 2, 2015
We currently have three eagles in our flight pen. On the left is Noel, on the right is Lucky and in the middle is the most recent addition, Stormy. All three will need to be moved to other centres with larger flight pens for proper conditioning before release. Please...
Apr 1, 2015
Heather Marinaccio of Comox Unity Church makes a $300 donation to Maj Birch and Sawyer from MARS. She is the leader of the Community Outreach Team. This donation goes to help MARS “Spread our Wings” and will help with our new property development. If...
Mar 24, 2015
This is a great article that recently ran in the Campbell River Courier-Island. Hawk provides poignant memory Ends up in garden plot of deceased patient A young Cooper’s Hawk created a poignant memory at New Horizons Care Home Saturday before finding a safe...
Jan 20, 2015
Photo by Ruth Hibberson Noel, a bald eagle brought into MARS on December 25th still struggles to overcome the bone infection in her leg. It has required several vet visits, with x-rays, and an aggressive course of treatment with different types of medications since...
Nov 24, 2014
This fall has seen several of the small owl species admitted into care. Most, like these two little Saw-whet owls, hit windows, or were clipped by cars, resulting in head trauma and some soft tissue wing injuries. Fortunately, almost all recovered and have been...
Nov 7, 2014
A short video of the eaglet named Johnnie that we released last Saturday. ← Previous Next...
Sep 25, 2014
We were very excited at MARS yesterday to see a leucistic American Robin foraging around the property with a flock of regular American Robins! An amazing and rare sight which most of us had never seen before. At first glance, it was thought to be someones escaped pet...
Sep 18, 2014
(Photo By Sandy Royer) MARS Moment -2014 Saw Whet Owl by Sandy Fairfield, MARS Education Coordinator This year we have enjoyed an early spring and wonderful summer weather as a result M.A.R.S. was very busy taking care of many injured, orphaned or abandoned wildlife....
Aug 31, 2014
I am a graduate of the Ecosystem Management Technology program at Fleming College and am currently undertaking a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Science at Trent University. Despite my broad educational background, my dream has always been to work with animals from...
May 22, 2014
Our local Black Tailed Deer are now giving birth! Should you come across a fawn that you think needs help, please call MARS at 250-337-2021 for advice. Unless the fawn is obviously injured, sick, or there is a dead doe nearby, it should be left alone. A doe will leave...
Dec 1, 2013
MARS Moment 2013 by Sandy Fairfield, MARS Education Coordinator The Comox Valley provides a winter sanctuary for one of wildlife’s most elegant birds, the trumpeter swan. I have lived in the valley for the past 20 years and still get a thrill when I hear the “honking”...
Oct 27, 2013
MARS Moment 2013 by Sandy Fairfield, MARS Education Coordinator Halloween conjures up everything “spooky” and many creatures are feared when in actual fact they are harmless and really cool. Bats are one species that are often misunderstood and sometimes persecuted....
