SHREWSBURY, Mass. - Blue isn't your everyday owl. She's the educational ambassador for Raptor Tales Rescue in Shrewsbury.

"Raptor Tales Rescue is a wildlife rescue, specializing in helping birds of prey," said the nonprofit's founder Jessica Zorge.

Animal rescue has always been a passion for Zorge. In the four years since starting the group, she says they've traveled across the entire state and helped more than 350 birds.

"Right now, there are no more babies needing assistance," said Zorge. "It's all on the ground, not flying usually having an issue. Whether it's being shot, poisoned, window strikes, lots of things stuck in netting, soccer nets, baseball, the backdrops, things like that."

In Zorge's backyard is a raptor enclosure, which can hold eight to 10 birds. A recent rescue was perched up high Thursday morning, but sadly all by himself. Zorge says her vehicle is rapidly deteriorating, and she can't make rescue trips like she used to.

"There's a pit in my stomach when we have to say that unfortunately, we don't have a vehicle," said Zorge. "We try to give as many resources as we can. We'll reach out to other networks, but a lot of these issues are happening at night and on the weekends where normal maybe animal control isn't available, they don't have on-call staff."

Zorge says they've missed 30 calls over the last ten days. She emphasizes that these are not easy animals to capture, like a rabbit or smaller rodents. These are large birds.

"Raptors can cause some serious trauma, it can be dangerous," she said. "So, we will go rescue, capture and transport them."

It's why getting help sooner rather than later is so important.

"The more we know they're sitting out there not getting help, it truly just does break our hearts," Zorge said.