A baby and way more babies…
A Great Horned Owl baby is at DVWR along with some very young jackrabbits.
All are doing well.
A Great Horned Owl baby is at DVWR along with some very young jackrabbits.
All are doing well.
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…
Deemed healthy and old enough the mother goose and her youngsters were released!
Great Horned Owl Red-tailed Hawk
Copy and past the link below for the news story “Into the wild: Dayton woman heals animals and returns them to nature.” https://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/2007/jul/23/into-the-wild-dayton-woman-heals-animals-and-retur/
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.
Spring brings new life to DVWR. Photo of rescued baby Great Horned Owl at just a few days old and then 10 days later looking well-fed and growing!