Baby Hummingbirds arrive at DVWR with their own sleeping quarters.

Aside from the more familiar sparrows, ducks, owls, & hawks, a Eared Grebe is currently in residence.

The many young Great Horned Owls that are receiving care at Dayton Valley Wildlife Reststop are growing fast.  Great Horned Owls have a sturdy digestive system. They sometimes digest their prey whole and later regurgitate pellets that contain unwanted parts.

Seen in the daytime more often than other owls, it was a brief stay for this Short-eared Owl.

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…