December 28, 2011 - 11:54pm
On Oct 11, 2011 six baby Barn Owls came into our care. The parents tried to nest in a pole barn but the owners played a radio so the parents moved to a very large sycamore tree. This tree was very unsafe and the owners did not know that the Barn Owls were nesting in the tree. They hired someone to cut down. We recieved a...
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October 29, 2011 - 12:51pm
At the Virginia Beach SPCA, our wildlife emergency team
mainly uses Internet communication to respond to wildlife emergencies in our
area. The other day, our wildlife referral line volunteer posted that someone
had found a small parrot in their yard. They tried to capture it and it bit
them. So, a post for assistance went out.
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September 14, 2011 - 7:57pm
I recieved one Juv Pelican from NAS Oceana and one from Va Bch SPCA. One was much larger than the other. The larger always protect the smaller one. I'd open the cage door and it would always place itself inbetween myself and the smaller Pelican.
I released them both yesterday 9-13-2011 at Norfolk Botanical Gardens. They...
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September 14, 2011 - 8:02pm
A male Belted Kingfisher was released after it was old enough and it's health had improve. His sibling died due too many red ant bites. Everytime it was feeding time it would trill. But when put out in the flight cage he didn't want anything to do with humans.
He was release right back where he came from in Virgina Beach. ...
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September 2, 2011 - 12:23pm
Many of you that have visited a stream, bay, ocean, or other
body of water have at some point probably seen a tangle of fishing line on the
shore or in the water, perhaps even with a hook still attached.
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