by divacrows | Apr 5, 2020 | American Crows, Rehab Birds, Songbirds
Aurora is beginning to molt and has really terrible feather quality. She spends most of her time in an indoor aviary with a UV light to provide vitamin D. It turns out that these bulbs only provide UV rays for six months, although they emit light for much longer than...
by divacrows | Dec 15, 2016 | Corvids, Digressions, Raptors, Songbirds
Never underestimate the humble corvid. Little known fact: Canada does not (yet) have a national bird. An ornithologist by the name of David Bird (no, really, I wouldn’t make that up—too obvious) has launched a campaign to fill this void. Candidates included the...
by divacrows | Aug 13, 2016 | Digressions, Songbirds
It’s very important to make sure releases are done in the proper habitat. Usually for song birds, this is not a problem. One robin more or less in a suburban neighborhood is not going to make a difference one way or another. Other species need to be released in...
by divacrows | May 30, 2016 | Holiday, Rehab Birds, Songbirds
I spent the Memorial Day weekend in an elaborate quadrille with assorted rehab birds getting everyone situated according to their ever-changing needs. I started out with four robin nestlings and a baby jay in an incubator, three flickers in an inside cage, a...
