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 | Oct 7, 2018 | Gwen & Stephen, Raptors, Snafu
Stephen has developed a new habit: he likes to honk. Every three to five minutes he will produce this sound once and go about his business until the next one must be shared with the world. He has not deigned to explain this behavior. Perhaps he is trying to...
by divacrows | Nov 26, 2017 | Gwen & Stephen, Holiday, Raptors
Dear Not Miss Manners, It was my understanding that at the end of November, humans have a celebration called “Thanksgiving” which involves a big feast that includes a bird as the centerpiece of the meal. As a Cooper’s Hawk, that sounds like my kind...
by divacrows | Sep 22, 2017 | Digressions, Ginny, Raptors, Training
I have trained all the things! Or rather, all the animals! Well, more like lots of animals. Ok, seven animals. Except that I only observed while Anaka, a professional trainer, worked with a Red Tailed Hawk, Barred Owl, and Bobcat. But I really did train a chicken...
by divacrows | Aug 6, 2017 | Corvids, Raptors, Ravens
Minion Man and I went on an anniversary trip (26 years and counting), leaving Super Son to minister unto the domestic corvids. We headed off to Colorado, where we spent five days in Colorado Springs, in an airbnb a stone’s throw away from the Garden of the Gods....
by divacrows | Feb 26, 2017 | Gwen & Stephen, Raptors
I volunteered for the Raptor Conservancy of Virginia for three years and netting the birds in the flight cage was always the same: get the birds flying, hold up the net, wait until the bird flew into the net, twist to prevent escape, and lower the net to the ground....
