Rehabilitation & Release

Alaska WildBird Rehabilitation Center will care for any wild bird in need, whether injured, sick or orphaned. 
Kind-hearted members of the public find injured birds and either rescue them or consult us for advice.  
When a bird arrives at the Center, we evaluate its needs and draw on our experience
​ to care for the bird in the best way possible.  Read more about what we do...
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Snowy Owl

Sandhill Crane

Alder Flycatchers

Swallow Adventures

Tree and Violet-Green Swallows are very disciplined birds.  Every year they arrive in the Mat-Su Valley about May 8, quickly find an available nest box, gather twigs and grass to build a nest, layer the nest with feathers, and after 4-5 eggs are laid, nestle in for the next two weeks. 
Daily you’ll see swallows flying overhead snatching insects out of the air, hearing chirps and gurgling sounds while they feed, and one parent remains on the nest incubating the eggs.  

Then the babies hatch... Read more>