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A serious beak injury can be life threatening for an owl. Through meticulous repair, monitoring, and months of rehabilitation, we helped this young patient recover and return to the wild.

From silent wings to glinting webs, Alberta’s “spooky” wildlife isn’t out to haunt you. These creatures are essential to healthy ecosystems, and they need our help.

The rescue, rehabilitation and release of a northern saw-whet owl at the Calgary wildlife rehabilitation society

A great horned owl was recued from a net trapped under a busy city intersection. Follow it's rescue and rehabilitation here.

A spotlight on snowy owls, a bird that migrates to Alberta for winter.

On May 28th, we welcomed a rare and beautiful long-eared owl into our care. Almost exactly one month later, it was ready to be released back to its original location, a moment we eagerly anticipated. This majestic bird had been found injured and stunned in a back alley, appearing very quiet and seemingly unable to see from either eye when it first arrived at our facility. If only our patients could share their stories, we might better understand the ordeal this owl had endure

Snowy Owl rescued from being caught in a barbed wire fence.

This summer, Calgary Wildlife had the remarkable opportunity to supply care for multiple great horned owls (bubo virginianus). Each of these owlets were orphans who were admitted to our clinic over the span of two weeks, from the end of April through the first week of May. Although they were found in different locations and are not siblings, these four have been raised together for the majority of their time with us. They were estimated to be in the 2-3 week range upon arriva

This grumpy little friend was found as an orphan outside the Calgary International Airport on April 30th, 2022. After visiting our...

On November 1st, 2022, a northern long-eared owl (Asio otus) was admitted to Calgary Wildlife unable to stand. On examination, our team found trauma to both eyes and noted that he was exhibiting symptoms of neurological trauma. Although we do not have a history of what caused his injuries, we suspect that they were caused by some form of blunt force trauma. Our team quickly got to work stabilizing him and treating his injuries. He was able to stand within the first week of tr

Patient Spotlight: This patient came to us earlier in the year and was our 214th intake of 2022. This Great Grey Owl originally came into our care after being found suspected to be struck by a car on April 14th, 2022. Upon intake, this Grey Grey had some bruising behind its ears and severe trauma to his right eye, including a corneal ulcer and scar. On April 29th, just 15 days later, our veterinarian performed surgery to remove the right eye. The surgery went very well, and b

November is Owl month here at Calgary Wildlife! This month we will be posting about all things OWL related for your awareness and learning pleasure, including divulging some awesome adaptations and common misconceptions. Alberta is home to several owl species, they come in all shapes and sizes: Small owls: Northern Saw-Whet owl, Burrowing owl, Boreal owl Medium owls: Short-eared owl, Long-eared owl, Northern hawk owl Large owls: Great Gray owl, Barred owl, Snowy owl, Great Ho