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.

The day the otter siblings arrived. One is a male and the other a female. The male is very protective of his female sibl...
06/18/2026

The day the otter siblings arrived. One is a male and the other a female. The male is very protective of his female sibling. At first they were scared and very quiet but that didn't last long. Two days later they turned into normal otter hellions . It is great fun to have two who play hard with each other. They are now three months old.

06/15/2026

Two seven-week-old River Otter siblings were brought to us after being found under a floor of a summer cabin. Plenty of time was given the mother to return for them but generally mother otters don't take the risk. After listening to non-stop peeping all night the wonderful family ripped up their floor to find out what was making all the noise and found these gorgeous guys. After 31 years of raising otters I can readily admit they are my favorites. Powerful, brilliant, and filled with joyful play, they travel over land and water with equal ease.

Juvenile White-breasted Nuthatch, an unusual bird for us, attacked by a Blue Jay. Many people do not realize that Jays c...
06/11/2026

Juvenile White-breasted Nuthatch, an unusual bird for us, attacked by a Blue Jay. Many people do not realize that Jays can be predacious, eating eggs and baby birds and mammals in addition to a wide range of fruits and seeds.

Gorgeous male Ruby Throated Hummingbird hit a window, injuring head and one wing. Most hummingbird patients that we rece...
06/03/2026

Gorgeous male Ruby Throated Hummingbird hit a window, injuring head and one wing. Most hummingbird patients that we receive cannot fly to drink from a feeder and have feet too tiny to walk. We set them up with an elevated perch and a series of tubes they can reach from any position. In this case he has four, one with water, one with sugar water, and two with professional hummingbird food-Choice is everything!

A Pileated Woodpecker hit by a car in Acadia National Park, picked up by a kind visitor. She had a bad concussion but no...
06/01/2026

A Pileated Woodpecker hit by a car in Acadia National Park, picked up by a kind visitor. She had a bad concussion but no fractures.

Two newly hatched Killdeer next to a dead mother. These are precocial babies like ducklings and woodcock. They are hatch...
05/28/2026

Two newly hatched Killdeer next to a dead mother. These are precocial babies like ducklings and woodcock. They are hatched all fuzzy and within hours walk away from their nest and follow their mother. They watch her hunt for insects and quickly learn to feed themselves, however they still need her to brood them to keep them warm and to protect them from predators. Killdeer are one of the most successful shorebirds because they nest far from white sand beaches where people and dogs disturb them. They tend to nest far apart on golf courses and fields outside of big shops. If a predator approaches, the mother pretends to have a broken wing and leads the predator away from her chicks.

05/25/2026

Release of a Yellow Shafted Flicker which came in with a broken Coracoid from a window hit. The Coracoid attaches the shoulder to the keel bone and enables a bitd to fly upwards. This injury was set for several weeks, then we did physical therapy, then several weeks gaining strength in a flight cage. Success!!

Release of a Saw-whet owl, hit by a car. He had to have an eye removed which was done by Dr. Avery Berkowwitz of Maine W...
05/21/2026

Release of a Saw-whet owl, hit by a car. He had to have an eye removed which was done by Dr. Avery Berkowwitz of Maine Wildlife Rehabilitation (thank you so much!) and then spent time here re-learning how to dodge trees and land on branches. A beautiful tiny owl now back home.
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A finder watched in horror as the driver ahead of him purposefully ran over a mother duck and started aiming for her bab...
05/18/2026

A finder watched in horror as the driver ahead of him purposefully ran over a mother duck and started aiming for her babies. This story is repeated often in our world especially with porcupines ( who are having their tiny single porcupettes this month), and snapping turtles, ( who are trying to find a good place to lay their eggs). The finder managed to find and catch four of the beautiful newly hatched Wood Ducklings and they are cuddled up tonight in an incubator, eating and drinking well. Wood ducks are born high up in tree cavities and jump out one at a time to the ground where the female waits to walk them to water. Many thanks to the kind finder.

A Grey Tree Frog injured during a Big Night crossing on a road. This wonderful species is almost never seen as they live...
05/15/2026

A Grey Tree Frog injured during a Big Night crossing on a road. This wonderful species is almost never seen as they live most of their lives high in the trees making huge leaps, chasing insect prey. This one was most likely traveling to a vernal pool for mating.

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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