Release season…

This baby Great Horned Owl is recovering at DVWR after being blown out of the nest during a storm and sustaining an eye injury.  Prognosis very good!

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

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

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.  

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…

Three early hatch Red-tailed Hawk nestlings were blown from nest and brought to DVWR.