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 | 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 | Feb 14, 2019 | Health, Holiday, Snafu
How did it get to be mid-February? I blame Snafu. We brought him inside due to the very cold weather and he has taken up is position in the center of the house with great gusto. He shows his “appreciation” for being rescued from the Polar Vortex by bobbing...
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...
by divacrows | Oct 28, 2018 | American Crows, Health, Raptors, Rehab Birds
I am proclaiming Rehab Season 2018 to be officially over. A few days ago I released the last crow — a juvi who arrived in August with a droopy wing. Two vets examined him and announced there was no medical reason for the wing to be droopy, or, to quote Monty...
by divacrows | Sep 8, 2018 | American Crows, Blue Jay, Health, Holiday, Rehab Birds, Snafu
Labor Day has come and gone, as have days of 90+ degree temperatures. The heat was pretty brutal last week: Snafu ignored a pinkie mouse in favor of flying around with an ice chip in his beak. Even Gwen and Stephen, despite their African heritage, spent most of the...
