Grebe goes home

American Kestrels are fledging now and sometimes they need some extra help like this young one.  They eat spiders, moths, cicadas and grasshoppers to name just a small portion of their diet, which is a good reason not to spray pesticides. Mike and the kestrel exchange information at intake.

After months of constant care they successfully took their leave.

A good Samaritan brought in a Red-tail Hawk found standing by the side of the road.  Evelyn determined the injuries, which luckily were minor.  The raptor then did a  quick recovery at DVWR and released into the Nevada sky!

  A young hawk was extremely dehydrated and malnourished when brought to DVWR today.  There are many hawks and owls recuperating here and they have specific nutritional requirements for proper development & good health.  Monetary donations are urgently needed to purchase mice from our certified vendor.  Please consider sending your monetary donation and by doing so you will be providing lifesaving nourishment for…