Kestrel time at DVWR

After months and months of care and learning to hunt for themselves numerous owls were released back into the wild.

This Cooper’s Hawk nestling is growing in size and appetite!

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

Barn Owls as name suggests like to nest and roost in barns. Since there aren’t a lot of barns in Nevada, the owls search for hollow trees or haystacks.   Often it’s not obvious there is a nest in the haystack  & the young owls (up to 11) are often carried off on hay trucks, separated from…