Your financial support provides food and needed medical care, allowing our dedicated volunteers to rehabilitate birds for release back into the wild, and keeps our doors open 365 days a year. Please help us continue this essential work by making a donation today!
Ways to get involved
- Make a donation online
- Host a fundraiser and we’ll bring the birds!
- Volunteer in the areas of fundraising, grant writing, event planning, construction, etc.
- Connect BRC with a major donor, foundation or grants program.
- Arrange a field trip or program for your class, organization or business, starring our resident raptors!
- Spread the word through social media, your family, friends, and community
- Join our email list to stay updated and involved (signup form on this page)
- Apply for our 2021 Internship, and work directly with wild birds in our wildlife hospital.
Did you know?
1. An average of $120 is needed for every bird admitted to our Rehab Hospital during the year.
2. 100% of our operating budget comes from members, grants and donations from local businesses and individuals. BRC receives no state or federal funding.
3. Over 120 volunteers spent more than 20,000 hours rescuing and taking care of birds. Our incredibly dedicated volunteers routinely give their time and cover their own gas and travel expenses to go businesses and homes to assist in rescuing birds when help is needed.
4. In any given year, we care for over 3,000 birds, representing over 130 different species. Of these, approximately 10% are raptors.
5. We currently have 17 resident birds of prey (raptors) in our permanent care. These non-releasable birds that we call our Resident Raptor Ambassadors would otherwise be euthanized. These birds are kept by BRC under permits from federal and state wildlife agencies and are used in our public environmental education programs. Their care is provided by volunteers who spend an average of 60 hours per month per bird. These volunteers prepare food, feed birds, perform health checks, clean aviaries, keep detailed records and present our birds in education programs.
Just click on the donate button here and follow the easy steps. You will receive an electronic acknowledgment that can be used as a tax receipt. We and the birds thank you!
If you prefer to give via check (payable to Bird Rescue Center), please mail it to Bird Rescue Center, Post Office Box 475, Santa Rosa CA 95402.
You can also give securely online via JustGiving.
Monthly contributions really help!
Your monthly contribution helps immeasurably, providing food and medical care for the thousands of native birds that come through our doors each year. Be a hero — just click and follow the easy steps.