by Savannah Telfer | Jun 11, 2021 | Chicks, Education, PSA, Rehab Birds
Bird-Napped Robin we Recently Released It’s baby season for birds, which means millions of birds are hatching and finding their place in the world. Young fledgling birds are making their first appearance outside of their nest at this time, so bird-nappings...
by Savannah Telfer | 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 | 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...
by divacrows | Jun 16, 2019 | Chicks, Gwen & Stephen, Holiday
Happy Father’s Day to all the paternal creatures, feathered and otherwise. A special shout-out to Stephen Crowbert, who is a devoted Dad. This year Gwen produced two live chicks. Throughout the nest-building and incubation process, Stephen stuck with his policy...
by divacrows | Jun 2, 2019 | American Crows, Chicks, Snafu
Our stalwart crew – Gwen, Stephen Crowbert, Zen, and Snafu – were happy to see the end of winter. Zen took it upon himself to engage in an off-season molt, giving him a decidedly uncharming moth-eaten look. Snafu, not to be outdone, decided to molt too. He is managing...
by divacrows | Jan 1, 2019 | Chicks, Gwen & Stephen, Holiday, Snafu, Zen
2018 is in the books and our corvid crew is pretty chill with the end of another year. Zen survived his diet of pumpkin and Metamucil to get rid of the metal in his gut. We never figured out where it came from but, as long as it’s gone, I’ll score it as a...
