Acadia Wildlife

Acadia Wildlife A non-profit wildlife rehabilitation clinic and nature center.

Acadia Wildlife Foundation is a non-profit wildlife rehabilitation clinic and Nature Center located in Bar Harbor, Maine. We treat native birds, mammals, and turtles with the goal of releasing healthy animals back to the wild.

Broadwing Hawk grown up from a chick at our clinic. Now he/she is ready for release and soon, migration. Happy flight be...
09/01/2026

Broadwing Hawk grown up from a chick at our clinic. Now he/she is ready for release and soon, migration. Happy flight beautiful bird!

Our female fledgling Bald Eagle is doing very well. She is outside with our ambassador/foster male adult who seems to be...
08/27/2026

Our female fledgling Bald Eagle is doing very well. She is outside with our ambassador/foster male adult who seems to be giving some stern advice at the moment. She is flying and eating well and receiving social interaction. Soon she will be ready for release where there is lots of food and other fledglings to learn with. She has 3-4 years ahead of her before completely changing color and competing for a mate and a territory . Young birds of many species are a different color than the adults making it clear who is a baby and who is competition.

Beautiful Great Blue Heron hit by a car, with a spinal break. We cannot save this wonderful bird because spinal fractur...
08/24/2026

Beautiful Great Blue Heron hit by a car, with a spinal break. We cannot save this wonderful bird because spinal fractures on birds are not fixable, particularly a heron who has a sensitive long spine. Please drive carefully, especially this time of year when juvenile birds are preparing for migration, and do not have the experience with roads and cars that adults do.

08/20/2026

Two Wood Ducks and two Mallards grew up here from very young and now ready to go.

Juvenile Eaglet probably left her nest in an awkward way and ended up pulling herself out of the ocean onto a rock. She ...
08/17/2026

Juvenile Eaglet probably left her nest in an awkward way and ended up pulling herself out of the ocean onto a rock. She was sopping wet, shivering, with her head hanging low. She seems better today, no fractures, and little sign of a head injury, avian influenza, or lead poisoning. Fingers crossed that her health continues to improve

Juvenile Broadwing sat alone for many hours with no sign of parents or siblings. The nest was empty and no one was flyin...
07/23/2026

Juvenile Broadwing sat alone for many hours with no sign of parents or siblings. The nest was empty and no one was flying around. The landowner called and brought him in. He was dehydrated and very hungry, screaming those bone-chilling Broadwing calls non stop trying to get what he needed. But he is healthy and catching up on the food quickly. His fate is a mystery. What would wipe out the whole nest and the whole family? The landowner said he had a Pine Marten- a very unusual species for this far south. Our vet at Maine Wildlife Rehabilitation in Old Town suggested the possibility of West Nile which is a wildlife disease that hits Goshawks in particular causing ocular and neurologic symptoms and has been popping up in Maine. He shows no symptoms at the moment but next week we will make the trek to Old Town and have him checked.

A male American Goldfinch came into our clinic one evening looking concussed. He had hit a window. He was stunning, but ...
07/20/2026

A male American Goldfinch came into our clinic one evening looking concussed. He had hit a window. He was stunning, but very stunned. A quick exam for fractures, head injury, eyes. He died there in my hand, unbearable. I couldn't stop it and felt so sad and helpless. Wildlife Rehabilitation takes a lot out of us. Its a profession with the highest of highs, and the hardest of lows. But we must never stop trying.

07/18/2026

Juvenile Hummer hit a window, perhaps in its first flight off the nest. It was sprawled and shocky and not able to fly. At first we fed it by hand using a professional hummingbird food, although sugarwater is fine for a snack. Gradually it has learned to feed itself although still not flying.We hope for full recovery after a good rest.

07/16/2026

A Killdeer's walk to freedom. A newly hatched chick when we got him/her, its mother was killed crossing a road and shortly after we lost its sibling. We always worry with a single individual of a fragile species, but this chick thrived- certainly a highlight of the summer.

A Red Fox kit of the year found in bad shape in a road in Cherryfield. He has a bad concussion and couldn't stand at fir...
07/12/2026

A Red Fox kit of the year found in bad shape in a road in Cherryfield. He has a bad concussion and couldn't stand at first. But today he is much better, standing and eating well, with no fractures. My biggest concern are his eyes but eyes can recover given time after a concussion depending on the damage .

Address

Bar Harbor, ME
04609

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm
Saturday 8am - 5pm
Sunday 8am - 5pm

Telephone

+12072884960

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