by divacrows | Jan 17, 2022 | Diva Crows, PSA, Rehab Birds
As loyal readers know, Diva Crows has little use for cats. They are fine if kept indoors, but outdoor cats are a menace. There are over 100 million in the United States and they kill approximately 2.4 billion birds here every year, making cat predation by far...
by divacrows | Dec 24, 2018 | Blue Jay, Holiday, Rehab Birds
I thought the rehab season was over. Then ten days ago I got a call about a beautiful adult blue jay. He had taken it upon himself to fly into a window and given himself an impressive whack on the head. He was turned into VCA animal hospital, and the report I received...
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 | 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 | May 26, 2018 | American Crows, Rehab Birds
Finally things seem to be looking up a bit. After a week of driving rain, worries about Gwen’s eggs, having to euthanize one crow with a terrible neurological disorder, taking in a chipping sparrow (I hate the teeny birds; if you look at them wrong, they keel...
