by divacrows | May 9, 2020 | American Crows, Health, Rehab Birds
Sorry, you knew I had to do that. So how are things going? Well, birds are expert social distancers, so we have that going for us. But they did not get the memo about sheltering in place. They are bouncing all over, causing the usual number of mishaps. And it’s...
by divacrows | Apr 5, 2020 | American Crows, Rehab Birds, Songbirds
Aurora is beginning to molt and has really terrible feather quality. She spends most of her time in an indoor aviary with a UV light to provide vitamin D. It turns out that these bulbs only provide UV rays for six months, although they emit light for much longer than...
by divacrows | Mar 15, 2020 | American Crows, Training
I have the honor to announce the arrival of a new royal in our midst. All hail Princess Aurora, Lastborn of the House of Corvidae, First of Her Name, Envoy to All the Counties, Cacher of Mealworms, Protector of the Six Cages, and Mother of Bureaucracies . A full...
by divacrows | Jul 20, 2019 | American Crows, Rehab Birds
As a rehabber, I see people doing well-meaning activities. Birdnapping happens when people want to help a baby bird. And they are right that the bird is in danger when it is on the ground. It is not intuitive that the bird actually has a better chance of survival in a...
by divacrows | Jun 30, 2019 | Breeding, Chicks, Ginny, Gwen & Stephen, Zen
It is time to introduce the world to Gwen and Stephen’s latest offspring. This year, I pulled one chick and left the other for the them to raise. Who has better parenting skills? Let’s examine the evidence. Our two competitors: Wise Guy and Atlas (As an aside, I...
