UPDATES

Hawk Release

Bydaytonvalleywildlifereststop December 26, 2013October 28, 2023

hawk A Red-tailed Hawk will be released in early 2014. Injured on Highway 395 in Douglas County, NV., the Red-tailed Hawk successfully recovered at Dayton Valley Wildlife Reststop.

For information on Red-tailed Hawks click on the Nevada Department of Wildlife link below.

http://www.ndow.org/Species/Birds/Red-tailed_Hawk/

UPDATES

Botulism….

Bydaytonvalleywildlifereststop August 29, 2018October 29, 2023

Using a red headlamp to preserve her and bird’s night vision, Evelyn tube fed dehydrated and starving Ibis & Avocets late into the night. A small percentage survived the botulism outbreak at Carson Lake and Stillwater near Fallon that killed thousands of birds. The ones in Evelyn’s care are weak, yet some are beginning to…

UPDATES

A Dose of Cuteness

Bydaytonvalleywildlifereststop July 27, 2023October 30, 2023

A baby jackrabbit will receive TLC while at DVWR. Cornered by a dog, the baby was retrieved and arrived as a 5 day old leveret, the name for a baby jackrabbit. Even though they are called jackrabbits, the baby is a hare, differing from rabbits with larger size, longer ears and longer hind legs.