Baby Great Horned Owl

A cat raided a rabbit’s nest.  Hopefully this 9 day old cottontail, with eyes still closed, will grow strong & then when old enough be returned to the wild.  

  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…

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…

The orphaned pronghorn fawn that came in early summer was released in good habitat. .

Evelyn placed a splint on the leg of this young jackrabbit to facilitate the healing process.  Prognosis is excellent.