by Savannah Telfer | Jul 22, 2021 | American Crows, Breeding, Corvids, Education, PSA, Rehab Birds
This summer has thrown its fair share of curveballs here at Diva Crows. First with the mysterious bird disease that has plagued the birds in and around the D.C. area. The birds showed signs of neurological defects and crusty eyes. We also found that the illness was...
by Savannah Telfer | 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 Savannah Telfer | Jun 23, 2021 | American Crows, Corvids, Education, PSA, Rehab Birds, Songbirds, Zen
Staff Wearing Crow Masks to Prevent Imprinting In our most recent post we discussed bird-napping, which harms young birds by taking them away from their parents and making it hard for them to develop survival skills. This week we want to talk about...
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 | 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...
