by divacrows | Jun 15, 2019 | PSA
It’s time, people. Baby season is in full swing and residents of Northern Virginia are swiping baby birds left and right. Here is a typical conversation I have with “helpful” members of the public: Cell phone: ring, ring Me: hello Caller: Is this the mumble, mumble...
by divacrows | Aug 18, 2018 | American Crows, Chicks, Corvids, Ginny, PSA
In Memoriam Magellan, aka Quentin I’m back. Sorry for the long period between posts but it has been a tough month or so in the world of Diva Crows. The first blow was the unexpected death of Gwen and Stephen’s chick Magellan a week after he went off to be...
by divacrows | Apr 27, 2018 | Chicks, PSA, Rehab Birds
Tis the Season — for my annual birdnapping rant. Every year I post about well-meaning people who pick up fledgling birds thinking that because they are on the ground, they need help. The end result is that the babies are separated from their parents and brought to...
by divacrows | Mar 8, 2018 | Gwen & Stephen, Health, PSA, Snafu, Zen
I can’t exactly say spring is in the air as there was a dusting of snow on the ground yesterday and a nasty cold wind this morning, but our feathered friends have decided that it’s time to get more lively. Gwen & Stephen: Let the Burbling Begin The...
by divacrows | Jun 17, 2017 | American Crows, PSA, Rehab Birds
It’s the most frustrating time of the year: birdnapping season. Thursday night I got a call from a animal hospital saying someone had brought in a crow that was “not flapping its wings” and limping but had nothing obvious wrong with it. Uh oh. Sure...
by divacrows | Jul 20, 2016 | PSA, Rehab Birds
Let me preface this by saying that I can’t stand self-righteous animal people and bird aficionados tend to be the worst: there is nothing more tedious that someone worrying about a bird being denied freedom when we’re trying to nurture it for a return to...
