Three Rivers Avian Center and friends celebrate the return of spring migrant birds

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11-05-2025

PIPESTEM, WV (WVNS) – Three Rivers Avian Center honored the return of spring migrant birds at their annual Migration Celebration, as part of International Migratory Bird Day.
They were joined at Pipestem Resort State Park by other groups that are working to restore certain ecosystems. This was a free fun and educational experience for folks.
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Wendy Perrone is the executive director for Three Rivers Avian Center. She explained there were a host of hot topics discussed at this celebration.
'We have seen quite a bit of problems with ecosystem degradation, people not understanding how to feed wild birds, how to do basic care 1-to-1, what happens when a bird hits a window? We are here talking about all sorts of different things. We are talking about migration. We are talking about the ecosystems that sustain these birds and things that you can do in your day to day life to help these birds and help them try to turn around those numbers that we are seeing of loss,' said Perone.
Perrone told 59News that we have lost 52% of migratory birds that used to fill our skies over the past 20 years.
In the Three Rivers Avian Center tent, she was taking care of Regis – a 17-year-old bald eagle, who has been grounded after an accident in the wild. They also had an American Kestrel and a great horned owl who also aren't able to be released back into the wild.
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