Mar 24, 2013
Maj was recently interviewed by Terri Perrin, from our local In Focus magazine and the article is very informative and positive. Thank you, Terri! “I am seated in the administration office and admitting centre at the Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society (MARS)...
Mar 24, 2013
FROM THE COMOX VALLEY ECHO Published: Friday, January 27, 2012 The Hornby Eagle Group Projects Society has honoured Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society founder Maj Birch by presenting her with two pieces of wildlife art donated by artist Mary Jane Harman. In addition to...
Mar 24, 2013
From the Campbell River Mirror, January 12, 2012 Pinecrest Elementary students watch with rapt attention as Otis the owl swivels his head around. The kids squeal with surprise as the beleaguered bird relieves himself on their classroom floor. Otis is one of three...
Mar 21, 2013
For more rescue and release stories and videos of life at MARS, please go to our YouTube channel MARSBirds Channel Maj received a call in the evening of May 29th about an eagle tangled in kite string in a tree in Royston. The eagle was at least 40′ up and it...
Mar 21, 2013
WILD Diary: April 25, 2010 Three Raccoon young, less than two weeks old. Doing well. These patients were recently transferred to an affiliated wildlife rehab centre in Victoria where they have special facilities for handling raccoons as they grow up. It will take at...
Mar 21, 2013
by Maj Birch, MARS Wildlife Centre Manager In late June we received a phone call from Bob Staniforth in Stories Beach about a bird that he found at the bottom of his tree. He said he thought it was a young hawk. I asked him if he could see the nest or if there was any...
Mar 21, 2013
BC’s Coast Region Species & Ecosystems Of Conservation Concern: Factsheet User’s Guide Follow the link above to a 22 page downloadable .pdf prepared by Pamela Zevit for the South Coast Conservation Program (established 2005) ← Previous Next...
Mar 21, 2013
The rescue and rehabilitation work at MARS is crucial for the survival of wildlife in care, but the part of the journey that all look forward to is The Release. During this Eagle Release, just after the 2011 Campbell River Bald Eagle Festival, Wildlife Centre manager,...
Mar 21, 2013
by Sandy Fairfield, MARS Education Coordinator Over the years, Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society (MARS) have been involved in a variety of scientific studies related to local species including banding hummingbirds, West Nile Virus, poisoned eagles and Trumpeter swans....
Mar 21, 2013
Mountainaire Avian Rescue staff and volunteers responded on May 3rd, 2010 to a call to rescue a number of eagles found floundering near the Campbell River Landfill. Upon arrival, five birds were found to be affected, unable to fly away and a sixth did manage to escape...
Mar 20, 2013
MARS Moment 2012 by Sandy Fairfield, MARS Education Coordinator Six years ago I had my first “up close and personal” experience with a very unique bird. Gregarious and comical by nature the Brown Pelican is a very endearing bird that is quite at home...
Mar 20, 2013
MARS Moment 2011 by Sandy Fairfield, MARS Education Coordinator Acrobats of the skies, gulls can float on the wind currents without a wing beat; they are very agile and can manoeuvre themselves or hover, with the ability to land like a feather. Although we all tend...
