A Cochrane-based animal-rescue organization has stepped up to help house several injured birds found in Canmore – and it is willing to take more.
Cochrane Ecological Institute president Clio Smeeton said she received several bohemian waxwing birds this week from a Canmore hotel.
She said the small birds typically fly south from the Bow Valley in winter and, as they feed primarily on berries and insects, winter can be tough.
“If people have a bohemian waxwing that has flown into their window and it is not doing well, we will take care of them until it is the right time in spring to let them go,” Smeeton said.
The Cochrane Ecological Institute has been caring for orphaned or injured wildlife for rehabilitation and relief since 1967, according to Smeeton. It is located northwest of Cochrane and, in addition to rescue and rehabilitation of wildlife, it focuses on conservation and research.
According to its Facebook page, it is devoted to the preservation of biodiversity through the conservation and breeding of endangered indigenous species, environmental impact evaluation, ecosystem restoration through the reintroduction of extirpated flora and fauna, rescue and rehabilitation and release of injured and orphaned wildlife, public education and field research, and the monitoring of habitat and species through the development of non intrusive survey methods.
Go to www.ceinst.org for more information on the institute, or to contact them about an injured animal.
