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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 call about 6 baby Barn Owls.  I was thinking there shouldn't be any baby owls this time of year.  But, sure enough there they were --- looking up at us when we went out to pick them up.

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.

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.  Kingfisher nest in the banks among the reeds and hunt by hovering or perch on a branch over looking the water.  Their habit is slowly being distroyed.  Help preserve their habit.

Pearl

I recieved one juvenile 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 both swam off together and as you can see they stayed close to each other.

Pearl

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. 

In preparation for orphaned or injured wildlife impacted by Hurrican Irene the Virginia Beach SPCA Wildlife Program, in partnership with Evelyn's Wildlife Refuge, have established 2 primary response locations to receive wildlife following the storm.  Please contact our Wildlife Referral Line at 263-4762 if you discover wildlife in need of assistance after the storm has passed.  Our volunteers will attempt to return your calls as soon as possible.  In the event phone lines are down, wildlife can also be taken directly to the Virginia Beach SPCA located at 3040 Holland Road, Virginia Beach, V

Our rescue volunteers are really important to this organization and extremely brave. 

When I tell people I volunteer to transport wildlife for the Virginia Beach SPCA, I often get a slightly confused look.  So what exactly does it mean to be a VBSPCA wildlife transporter?

Rick called that Sunday afternoon about a possible injured Great Blue Heron in my area. Could I go check it out? I logged into the VBSPCA Yahoo Group page and got the address and contact info. I spoke to the property owner, who gave me directions and said that the GBH had been a resident in their canal for many years. The last two days, however, he had not left the canal behind their home and appeared to have a wing injury.