Great Basin Wildlife Rescue

I can't believe I haven't actually blogged about Great Basin before now. I've mentioned it a couple of times, but never a blog post about it. So here it goes.

Great Basin Wildlife Rescue is a non-profit organization run completely by volunteers that takes in mostly birds of prey (raptors) and bear cubs. I absolutely adore it.

So what we do in a typical day is feed all the birds, run to get new birds on calls, clean, re-wrap an injury, hand-feed, clean, clean, and perhaps do a bird show while we're at it.  I was a part of this organization from January-June, and I'll be returning in the fall for sure.

Here are some of the highlights:
I have attended high class parties on the top of Sundance Resort, got into the Sportsman's Expo for free, talked to numerous people about birds of prey, gotten many strange compliments from strange old men, told kids that owls have ears on their chin, releasing Ravens, Harris Hawks, Barn Owls, doing an MRI on a Golden Eagle, hand-feeding numerous baby birds, taking care of an orphaned baby squirrel, being in numerous local newspaper articles, and so much more.

I can't even explain how much I love this experience. I love working with these people, and working with the birds. Patti Richards, the director, is hilarious and a hippie through and through. The rehab center is in her backyard. Dean is the eagle handler. He's hilarious, and makes fun of me for attending BYU, and tells me all sorts of stories that I really probably shouldn't hear. Janet, Andalyn, Ken, and everyone else make this an amazing experience.

Sorry for the exceptionally boring post, but I needed to journal a little something about such a big part of my life!