A baby jackrabbit will receive TLC while at DVWR.
Cornered by a dog, the baby was retrieved and arrived
as a 5 day old leveret, the name for a baby jackrabbit.
Even though they are called jackrabbits, the baby
is a hare, differing from rabbits with larger size,
longer ears and longer hind legs.
American Kestrels are fledging now and sometimes they need some extra help like this young one. They eat spiders, moths, cicadas and grasshoppers to name just a small portion of their diet, which is a good reason not to spray pesticides. Mike and the kestrel exchange information at intake.
Great Horned Owl Red-tailed Hawk
Evelyn assessed just a short stay at DVWR for this young hawk. Possibly stunned from a window strike, proper nutrition will boost the hawk’s strength and flying skills in preparation for release.
Beautiful Golden Eagle from the Eureka area is doing very well after a truck windshield strike.
During an overnight rainstorm a large cottonwood tree fell across a swiftly flowing ditch in Fallon. The next morning a passing bicyclist noticed a injured hawk on the downed tree and notified Department of Wildlife. The responding biologist while cautiously balancing across the tree over the still flowing ditch, retrieved a Swainson’s Hawk. At first…
