All photography provided by Stephanie Sayre

 

Sponsor-A-Bird

Sponsoring a bird is a way to help support us caring for the birds through making a donation in your name or a friend's name if you want to gift this to someone.  The amounts are different for each bird, based on the cost of feeding that bird for one month.  In exchange you will receive a few items: 

  • a certificate with your name as an official Discoverer

  • a brief history & photo of the bird you choose to sponsor

  • updates quarterly for a year on how that bird is doing

"Felix" (male, grey morph eastern screech owl) ~ $45
"Frankenberry" (male, red morph eastern screech ") ~ $45
"Dawn Hoosier" (female, grey/red eastern screech “) ~ $50
"Gumdrop" (male, laughing kookaburra) ~ $50
"Ziva" (female, aplomado falcon) ~ $75
"Kaui" (female, great-horned owl) ~ $100

*If choose to Sponsor a bird, please include a name and address for whom to mail the items and updates to, as well as which bird you want to sponsor.

How to help birds in the wild

  • Put stickers on your windows (or don't clean them so thoroughly!) ~ Nearly 90 Million birds die every year from flying into windows in North America.  Visit FLAP for more info on this.

  • DON'T use Rat Poison! ~ Did you know that a barn owl who eats a poisoned rat typically would have eaten 1,000 rodents annually? Visit this site for more information on how you can help stop the use of rat poison in your area and what you should use instead of poison if you have a rodent problem. 

Spread the Word

Tell your friends and family about us and what we do as well as sharing the information that you have learned through our website and any presentations or events you may have seen us at.

Donate

Your donation allows us to continue saving and caring for non-releasable birds of prey as well as helping us to continue spreading our message through educating the public.  

Other Ways you can Support Wings of Discovery

  • Use GoodSearch as your search engine or GoodShop when shopping online or on your mobile device with "Wings of Discovery" as your selected charity.

 

Volunteer Opportunities

Wings of Discovery is a small, federally recognized 501(c)3 nonprofit bird of prey organization. We spend most of our time caring for our birds and operate only as volunteers and have no paid employees.  Therefore, volunteering mostly involves custodial work such as cleaning mews (cages) and nest boxes, and general upkeep, as it would with any animal organization. 

We rely on our volunteers and therefore require our animal care volunteers be available for at least a 4-hour shift per week for a period of four months.  Please understand that although volunteering is rewarding, it is laborious and dirty work.  Taking on, training, and relying on new volunteers takes time and energy.  Please apply only if you can make a solid commitment.

NOTE:  We can always use volunteers who are familiar with grant-writing, fundraising, event planning, and marketing (including social media marketing). 

All volunteers must be 18 years or older and be vaccinated against Covid-19.
(Volunteers between 16-18yr with parent signature may be considered on case-by-case basis)

To apply, please put your name and email below and you will be sent a volunteer application to fill out.