Mar 24, 2013
Published November 28, 2012 by The Times Colonist, Victoria, BC Half-starved snowy owls are flying 1,500 kilometres or more to Vancouver Island in search of food, says the founder of an avian rescue group in Courtenay. Maj Birch is urging people to avoid frightening...
Mar 24, 2013
We usually get many fawns during the spring and early summer at MARS and this year has been no exception. One of them was brought to us very badly hurt, however and it was only due to the work of a caring vet that she survived – here is her story. Thank you Dr....
Mar 24, 2013
This story is a heart-warming follow up to a sad one from February of this year when an eagle nest tree was cut down illegally… DAN MacLENNAN, Campbell River Courier-Islander Published: Tuesday July 3, 2012 An amazing homeless shelter for a pair of bald eagles...
Mar 24, 2013
The Campbell River Mirror – May 31, 2012 By Paul Rudan “After dangling in a tree overnight, it didn’t look like the bald eagle was still alive. Entangled in what appeared to be a thick kite line, the distressed eagle had flown to a fir tree by the beach in...
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
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,...
Dec 26, 2012
Published December 10, 2012 by CTV News Vancouver Island CTV News’, Scott Cunningham, interviewed Maj and Reg about the Brown Pelican, Tuffy, and the various Snowy Owls rescued in the winter of 2012 ← Previous Next...
Dec 20, 2012
Published December 13, 2012 on CTV News Vancouver Island ← Previous Next...
