The Top Eleven Things You
Can Do To Become A Super Bird Nerd!
WBS receives no federal or state
funding. Your Friend membership
will help to support all aspects of our mission. In the photo above volunteer Jena Baumgarten educates visitors about Sassy the American Kestrel and her species. (photo: Gay Schroer)
Become A Friend Of
World Bird Sanctuary – World Bird
Sanctuary receives no state or Federal funding to do all we do. That includes seeing 400+
Your WBS Friend
Membership Includes:
* One
year’s subscription to our newsletter—the Mews News—printed three times per
year.
* Reusable
WBS shopping bag
* 10%
discount on all World Bird Sanctuary merchandise in our gift shop
* 10%
discount on all public programs offered at World Bird Sanctuary, such as Owl
Prowls, Nature Hikes, etc.
* Invitations
to members-only events held at World Bird Sanctuary
An individual membership
costs just $35.00, a family membership is $50.00. Click Here
to become a friend.
Your $25 donation feeds me for one week (photo subject - Captain, a young Bald Eagle) (photo: Dawn Griffard)
DONATE!
* $25.00
feeds one Bald Eagle for one week
* $10.00
feeds a Screech Owl for one month
* $20.00
buys bedding for our rabbit for two months.
Your donated dollars go a
long way to take care of our animals.
Click
Here to make a donation.
Your inscribed brick will be installed in our amphitheater and will be a lasting tribute to the honoree (photo: Gay Schroer)
Buy A Brick! – celebrate a special occasion, a bird-loving
family member, your business or organization or your family by buying a brick
to be installed in our amphitheater for all visitors to see! Or commemorate the life of a loved one
who has passed on. Bricks cost
between $125.00 - $425.00 depending on size, inscription and logos. Click here to order your brick.
You can adopt Goblin (or any of our other animals) for a year (photo: Dawn Griffard)
Adopt A Bird! – All of the birds and animals that call the World
Bird Sanctuary home are available for adoption. An adoption fee helps us take care of your specially chosen
animal for one full year. In
addition to the warm fuzzies you’ll have knowing that you are helping your
favorite animal at the sanctuary, you’ll also receive the following!
* Certificate
of Adoption with a full color photograph of your special animal
* World
Bird Sanctuary sponsorship for one year
* One
year’s subscription to our newsletter – the Mews News – printed three times per
year
* Natural
history and life history of your special adopted animal
* Plush
bird toy
* Reusable
WBS shopping bag
* 10%
discount on all World Bird Sanctuary merchandise in our gift shop
* 10%
discount on all public programs offered at World Bird Sanctuary, such as Owl
Prowls, Nature Hikes, etc.
* Visiting
privileges and photo opportunities with your special new member of your family
(just call ahead first to make sure your adopted friend won’t be out on a
program).
To Adopt A Bird or other
resident animal Click
Here or call 636-861-3225 and ask for Marion.
Sign Up For A FREE
Schnucks eScrip Card – Every Purchase Counts!
The World Bird Sanctuary
can benefit every time you shop at Schnucks Supermarkets.
Sign up for an eScrip card
and Schnucks will donate up to 3% of every dollar you spend to World Bird
Sanctuary. There is no cost to
you! Just present your card (which
you can easily keep on your keychain)
You can get an eScrip card
at any Schnucks store and activate it with World Bird Sanctuary as your
beneficiary.
Fill out on-line at www.escrip.com
Or download the form and we will send you one
– it couldn’t be easier!
Rehabilitation of just one bird is
costly . Help to defray the cost
and at the same time personally return a bird to the wild. (photo: Joe Hoffmann, WBS Hospital Manager, looks on as Dr. Stacey Schaeffer treats an injured Great Horned Owl) (photo: Gay Schroer)
Return to the Wild –
Take part in the release of a rehabilitated bird!
Returning a bird of prey
back to the wild can cost up to $1,000 in care and rehabilitation. Your contribution of only $150 helps
the sanctuary defer some of those costs and gives YOU the opportunity to
participate in the release of a wild bird of prey!
Invite family and friends
to join you in releasing a bird of prey at your home or nearby park. Celebrate a wedding, birthday,
anniversary, family reunion, school or corporate function with this special
gift.
The World Bird Sanctuary Wildlife
Hospital is a cornerstone of the World Bird Sanctuary and is entirely
funded by donations from the public.
Help us give our patients
a second chance to fly. Click on
the following link to sponsor a
release today, then click on the Donate button – or call 636-225-4390, Ext.
101.
We train hard to be on the eagle flight
team. Your sponsorship helps to
pay for our food, housing and training (Clark the Bald Eagle practices glove to glove flights) (photo: Gay Schroer)
Sponsor Our Eagle
Flight Team
Our Eagle Flight Team
flies for special occasions such as St. Louis Cardinal’s ball games, corporate
events, St. Louis Earth Day, Veteran’s Day events, and various local, state
& government events.
Our team consists of four
Bald Eagles: Lewis, Clark, Buford
and Norbert, who need their regular round-the-clock care along with travel and
other expenses. Your team sponsorship
helps our eagle team with these expenses, but also celebrates the glory of the
Bald Eagle’s survival in the wild in North America! Together as a nation, we have brought these precious
creatures back from the brink of extinction.
Every time our eagles fly
it reminds all who experience the sight why these beautiful birds are our
national symbol. To sponsor an
Eagle flight Click
Here
We are so excited about our newest t-shirts. They feature photos of our own birds! Come check them out at the Raptique Gift Shop (photo: Dawn Griffard)
Purchase Items At Our
Nature Center Gift Shop – The Raptique
Our gift shop features a
variety of items for kids and adults alike. Choose from plush birds and animals, geodes, pins, patches,
hats, custom t-shirts (some featuring our own birds), toys, collectibles, hand
painted glass mugs and wineglasses, jewelry and more! All proceeds for the gift shop go directly to the support
and care of our birds and animals.
During your visit ask one of the
naturalists how I help the environment…I am a very
interesting fella! (Photo above is Kinsey the Turkey Vulture) (photo: Dawn Griffard
VISIT!
Come enjoy our sprawling
305 acres of oak-hickory forest.
Bring the family, take a hike, have a picnic at one of our picnic tables
or under a shelter, talk to our birds and animals, watch the wild birds and
animals, chat with one of our staff naturalists or volunteers. Breathe deep the surrounding sweet
air. Become familiar with us and our
animal family – become one of us.
Volunteers fill many niches at WBS-from working in the hospital to doing clerical & carpentry work. For working with the birds volunteers receive on-the-job training from our experienced staff members. (photo: Gay Schroer)
Volunteer
The World Bird Sanctuary
offers many ways to volunteer with us.
You can be a Naturalist, an Animal Care Technician, a Rehabilitation
Technician, a Docent, or assist with bird banding, maintenance or clerical
work.
Junior volunteers can
start at age thirteen and can help as a Naturalist, in education programs and
with animal maintenance. To learn
more about our Junior Volunteer program or to download a Junior Volunteer
application Click
Here.
Volunteering with us is a
gratifying experience. Some of our
volunteers have been with us for twenty years or more! Come fall in love with our birds and
our lifestyle. You’ll be glad you
did.
To learn more about our
volunteer program or to download an application Click Here.
