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Great Blue Heron Quiz
What do Great Blue Herons eat? Fish, frogs, reptiles, rodents, insects When do Great Blue Herons hunt for food? Great Blue Herons can hunt for food during the day and night. The best times for hunting fish is when the tide is going out...
Great Blue Herons
We would like to tell you about a really big bird called the Great Blue Heron, the largest herons in North America. They can fly as fast as 56 km per hour and have been around on earth for nearly 2 million years. Although they are mostly blue, their eyes...
CTV StyleFile Visits MARS
CTV’s “Style File” came to MARS earlier this month to film a selection of the bags and to show the viewers all the fawns we have successfully rescued. NOW AVAILABLE! Wildlife Tote Bags, iPhone bags, small dressy purses decorated with fringe, crystals or...
Western Grebe In Care
The Western Grebe is one of five grebes found in our coastal waters. We received this Western Grebe from a couple in Gold River. If was found on land and unable to take off. We've named this bird "Ruby" because a defining characteristic of the Western Grebe is its...
Raptor Release
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...
Northern Pygmy Owl Project
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...
Bald Eagle Poisoning-Incineration Recommended
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...
Brown Pelican
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...
Gulls
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...
Red-Tailed Hawk
MARS Moment 2009 by Sandy Fairfield MARS Education Coordinator If we were living in the middle ages we may be more aware of Hawks and Falcons. Falconry flourished during that time and you could tell a person's rank by the bird they carried:...