Grand Rapids Wildlife Rehabilitation

28/08/2025

I have another Nighthawk that needs a ride to Garrison. If you are able to get him there before 5pm please call me 🙏🏻
218-360-9954

27/08/2025

We had this very spicy Common Nighthawk come in after being found in an alley and unable to fly. We didn’t find any substantial injuries on her so she got transferred for radiographs.

If you look at her beak you will see how tiny the exterior potion is. When she opens her mouth you can appreciate how large it really is! This allows her to capture large moths and swarms of little insects.

Unlike their name suggests, they aren’t actually hawks and don’t eat at night. Nighthawks are crepuscular aerial insectivores, which means that they eat insects exclusively on the fly during dawn and dusk.

Like many bird species, Common Nighthawk populations are in steep decline. Pesticides are causing major insect declines, which negatively affects our insectivorous birds (and amphibians and mammals). Natural bug control (like bats and Nighthawks) are great alternatives to pesticides! If you spray your yard and are interested in going a more natural route next year look into what species would be best in your habitat. 💚

25/08/2025

I’m proud to serve my 170,000 people 🤣 I really feel like that number is accurate sometimes! Haha

Estimates are there are around 2000 rehabbers in the entire US. There’s 340,000,000 people. That means there’s one rehabber for every 170,000 people… and think how many of them have found an animal in need of help. If you're one of them who has, please be patient and kind with your local rehabber. We're not paid and we're doing the best we can. ♥️

24/08/2025

*Transport Needed!* -Ride found. Thanks James!
We are looking for someone to pick up this Broad-winged Hawk in Cass Lake tonight and bring him to us. If you are available please call me 🙏🏻
218-360-9954

22/08/2025

Fundraiser Friday! We still have a long way to go for our new building! We are starting demolition tomorrow morning on our current quarantine building. Please consider donating or sharing our posts to help us get our new building up!
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Hello! My name is Bri. I am a Certified Veterinary Technician and permitted wil… Bri Klennert needs your support for We are expanding and need a new building!

15/08/2025

**Ride found! Thank you, Amanda!**
*Transport Needed!*

Is anyone available to meet the finder of these bunnies in Bemidji and then bring them to Garrison? We are in Montana and they aren’t going to make it until we get home 🥺

05/08/2025

In April this Long-eared owl was found floating on the last piece of ice on a lake. The finders were able to get him off the ice and bring him to us. He had a closed, mid shaft ulna fracture, which we hoped would have a good prognosis. We stabilized him and then sent him down to The Raptor Center where he has been completing his rehabilitation journey. They called us Saturday to let us know he was ready to be released! After a few months in care of dedicated rehabbers and a long day of travel he is finally back home where he belongs. 🥰

01/08/2025

⚠️ Trigger Warning ⚠️ Crash details

This is my first draft and I don’t want go down the rabbit hole so this is as detailed as I can handle right now.

This is the little boy who started it all. On our 4 year wedding anniversary our only son, Logan, was killed by a meth-impaired driver. My little sister was walking him to the park. The driver veered off of the road, hit them from behind and left them in the ditch.

Lexi fractured her neck in two places, had multiple lacerations and bruises all over her body, compression injuries, almost lost her foot because of how many fractures it had and a LOT of emotional trauma.

Logan was still in the stroller that had been run down the ravine into the deep ditch. Lexi was thrown through brush and branches and down the ditch. She got up, found the stroller, pulled him out and climbed up the steep ditch barefoot with her toe barely attached. She walked down the road screaming until someone heard her and came to help.

Multiple people worked on Logan, but the damage to his head and body were too severe and he was gone.

Thank you to the neighbors, our friends and family, ambulance crew, LifeFlight, police officers, court officials, and extra big thanks to the retired police officer that happened to be flying a helicopter in the area and was able to track down the driver.

And thank you to everyone who has supported our family throughout all of this. The pain never really goes away.. There is always an empty seat, dusty handprints left on the mirror, little clothes that sit in an unused dresser that I can’t even open… We appreciate your love and understanding and for keeping Logan’s name alive.

If you’d like to help us get our new building up so we can expand please visit our GoFundMe. I’ll put it in the comments. I do want to put a memorial plaque of Logan up inside once it is completed 💚

31/07/2025

Ride found! Thank you all! 🥰

*Transport Opportunity!*

We had a pretty quiet day today and then all of a sudden we had a bunch of calls come in. Within an hour we had 4 admits and 3 were raptors! Our first one was a grackle (not pictured) that was caught by a cat.

Then two finders showed up at the same time. One had a Broad-winged Hawk that they had found in their yard. He was lethargic and didn’t fly away when approached. He is emaciated and has a lot of scabs on his body, which could be from the flat flies he had.

The other was a Northern Harrier (squee!) that was found along the highway in Hibbing. She had a wrist fracture from a suspected car strike. The finder was able to put her in his empty lunchbox and bring her right over.

And the last drop off for the day was a young Broad-winged Hawk that was discovered by a dog. He didn’t attempt to flee when approached. He’s skinny and dehydrated.

If you are available to transport these birds to Duluth this morning (Thursday) please message me! ***If you know our location please wait to connect with us before coming over!

29/07/2025

26/07/2025

*Ride found!* Thank you!!!!! 🙏🏻

I need a ride to Wildwoods in Duluth today. Can you please bring me?