Help the orphaned Great Horned Owls: Message from Wild Wings of California

Great Horned owlets - class of 2021

Hi, Neighbors!  

Wild Wings of California is reaching out on behalf of these baby great horned owls from the Class of 2021.  So far, we have received 19 of these beautiful babies from all over Southern California.   Seventeen have survived their fall out of the nest and are being raised by Wild Wings of California, located in San Dimas.  Wild Wings is a licensed, non-profit organization that helps to rehabilitate and release injured, sick or orphaned native California birds, including hummingbirds, songbirds, corvids and raptors.  

This spring has brought a record number of orphaned baby great horned owlets to us.  They are first to hatch in early Spring and last to leave their nests in late Fall.  These beautiful raptors are very expensive to feed.  They each eat 1-2 rats per day, at a cost of $4 per rat.  The food bill for one of them totals approximately $1,488 from admission to release, so for these 17 owlets the food bill alone will be $25,300.  

Wild Wings is funded 100% through private sector donations.  In the 34 years that Wild Wings has been in existence, no human has ever been paid, so 100% of all donations go to feeding, housing, and veterinary care for these beautiful birds.  The other source of funding comes from donations from doing educational programs for schools, scout groups, etc.  Due to COVID, all programs have been shut down, so no donations have come from that major source.   

If you would like to help feed these owlets so they can grow healthy and strong before release, please make a donation of any amount via the Wild Wings website at www.wildwings.org.  

If you would like to get updates on how the owlets are doing, you may send a message with your email or cell number and you will keep periodically updated.  

Wild Wings is a 501c3 so your contribution is 100% tax deductible to the full extent of the law.  If you ever find an injured, sick or orphaned bird, Wild Wings of California will be there to help.   

Thank you for your support!

Rescued Great horned Owlet