Wildlife Center of Salt Lake

05/14/2025

Where will YOU be this weekend? Wildlife Center of Salt Lake will be co-leading birding tours, hosting workshops, and at the Wings & Things Vendor Fair! We will have some free items to giveaway (while they last!) and speaking on ways you can help injured wildlife! see you this weekend

05/07/2025

Pied-billed grebe 25-58 was rescued by and and brought into Wildlife Center of Salt Lake! These two are HEROS for this little bird, who was stranded and unable to get off the ground without water.

This video is a great example of how grebes gain speed on the surface of the water to be able to gain lift and take flight.

Great job Mark and Hillary!

04/30/2025

04/27/2025

It is worth it to reunite! These wildlife HEROES followed our instructions to a T when they found a lone duckling today. They kept the animal safe and warm in a cardboard box, searched their local pond for a mom with same-sized babies, and released it right back into the group. For the most part, Mallards usually don't accept chicks from other birds, so we are confident that this guy was dropped right back off with his family. It is worth it a million times over to reunite lost juvenile animals with their family (as long as they are not injured or sick). The staff and volunteers at the Wildlife Center of Salt Lake do the best we can, and have a high success rate - but we will NEVER be able to replace the care and teaching that a mom of one's own species can give. We are so happy to help KEEP WILDLIFE WILD

04/21/2025

Baby season has hit Utah wildlife rehabilitation centers and these Barn owls are among our first baby birds. These two young owls were brought into our center after falling (or possibly jumping) from their nest on a large building. While we try to re-nest these birds when possible, they were both emaciated and it was determined that re-nesting would not be a good option.

They are already eating fully on their own and require minimal assistance from staff and volunteers; however our biggest need for them is food! If you would like to help feed these owl babies and others in our raptor nursery, please consider making a donation to our RodentPro account! You can find us on the RodentPro website here: https://www.rodentpro.com/Charities/Donate by selecting "Utah," "Wildlife Rehabilitation Center," and "Wildlife Center of Salt Lake OR find a link directly to RodentPro on our website homepage www.wildsaltlake.org - THANK YOU!!!!

04/20/2025

Ferruginous hawk 25-77 was released earlier this year into an old orchard where there was prey-a-plenty. This big beauty was hit by a car in Erda and was brought to us by a UDWR officer. (Thank you for all the good work you do!) She arrived with blood in her oral cavity which she had inhaled into her lungs along with contusions from the strike. She was otherwise normal and after a few weeks in care she passed her flight tests and left our center on her way back to freedom.

Vehicle collisions are nightmares for birds, especially birds of prey. If you want to learn more about how you can help birds of prey, especially eagles, HawkWatch International is conducting an ongoing Eagle Vehicle Strike program which can be found on their website. Ben Goldfarb released Crossings in 2023, a deeply moving investigative journalism piece that will drive you to think differently about travel and the impact of roads on our wild neighbors.

Every day the staff and volunteers at Wildlife Center of Salt Lake are inspired. We are moved by the people that show up for wildlife like the UDWR officer that brought her in, like the people who write books, like the directors and biologists that push for change. You too can be inspired, and through daily actions, voting, and support can help return these animals to the wild and keep them safe.

04/14/2025

Western screech owl 25-154 was found alone on the ground in the cold after one of our recent Utah Summer-just-kidding-winter-again storms. He was cold but in otherwise good condition so the staff and volunteers of Wildlife Center of Salt Lake made sure he received a meal before reuniting him with his family. A HUGE shout-out to the finder, Corey, who scoped out his yard, watched for the family that night, found owl droppings and pointed us in the right direction. He followed up with us the next day that he had seen the family and we renested this little guy the same evening. We consider these cases wildly successful when we can return wildlife to their homes and families without too much intervention. It takes our staff and volunteers several weeks to get babies to the point in which their parents naturally can over a much shorter amount of time - of course - we are not owl parents! Our raptor nursery will be full soon and these babies are our most expensive patients! Please consider making a donation to our RodentPro account! You can find us on the RodentPro website here: https://www.rodentpro.com/Charities/Donate by selecting "Utah," "Wildlife Rehabilitation Center," and "Wildlife Center of Salt Lake OR find a link directly to RodentPro on our website www.wildsaltlake.org - THANK YOU!!!!

04/13/2025

Thank you thank you thank you to Heather H for dropping off these cleaning supplies for us last week. Heather rescued a Great horned owl from a barbed wire fence and although the bird didn’t make it, she truly proved to us that she is a fierce defender of wildlife. RIP to patient 25-167 and thank you Heather for giving us the opportunity to help this bird in need.

04/11/2025

Join us on April 30th for Bingo Night with PRIZES fundraiser for Wildlife Center of Salt Lake!