by divacrows | Aug 18, 2021 | American Crows, Blue Jay, Education, Rehab Birds, Songbirds, Training
As a Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Outreach center specializing in songbirds and corvids, we offer education programs. Our programs are focused on our ambassadors, who are birds that have come to our facility and been determined by veterinarians to be...
by divacrows | Aug 9, 2021 | American Crows, Blue Jay, Education, Ravens, Rehab Birds, Songbirds, Training
As soon as we receive an injured or sick bird, we assess its condition and determine if it is appropriate for rehabilitation. For birds we can help, we provide a clean cage and appropriate hydration or food. We also chart the species, approximate age (i.e....
by divacrows | Jul 8, 2021 | American Crows, Blue Jay, Education, Rehab Birds, Songbirds, Training
Wildlife Rehabilitation Intern, Melissa Rodriguez feeding a fledgling Common Grackle Our Wildlife Rehabilitation Interns are about halfway through their summer internship! Over the past couple of weeks they have been learning from Alison Meredith, (our Intern...
by divacrows | May 31, 2021 | Blue Jay, Chicks, Corvids, Health, Rehab Birds, Songbirds
Birds at our rehabilitation center have been dying from unexplained sickness. Symptoms include eye infections and neurological problems such as seizures and balance issues. We’ve seen birds before with eye infections or neurological problems before, but never this...
by divacrows | Dec 24, 2018 | Blue Jay, Holiday, Rehab Birds
I thought the rehab season was over. Then ten days ago I got a call about a beautiful adult blue jay. He had taken it upon himself to fly into a window and given himself an impressive whack on the head. He was turned into VCA animal hospital, and the report I received...
by divacrows | Dec 13, 2018 | Blue Jay, Health, Snafu, Training
I was looking through my massive archive of photos of our corvid overlords and noted a dearth of pictures of Snafu. Our favorite blue jay is camera shy. Anytime I show up with a camera (phone or regular), he goes into turbo-flit mode. The result is a series of...
