Eared Grebe

While at DVWR this baby owl will be fed a specialized diet to strengthen bones.

This Swenson’s Hawk has an injured leg but making a remarkable recovery.

This orphaned 8-day-old baby sparrow is one of many birds that are receiving care especially during this time of year. At this stage the chicks are extremely fragile, must have an external heat source and are fed very frequently. They are kept in incubators with make shift nests sometimes created by just using the toe of a sock. 

Three early hatch Red-tailed Hawk nestlings were blown from nest and brought to DVWR.

One of the many first aid procedures recently at DVWR included Evelyn skillfully removing a fishhook caught in the throat of a cormorant.  A release was then in order.  Evelyn kept the beak secure at waters edge as they can quickly defensively jab with their beak.  The cormorant was returned to its habitat and happily…