Rook, Author at Corvid Isle

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Rook Isla (Republished)

Introducing Corvid Isle Sanctuary Residents

Editor’s note: This post has originally been posted on 31st August 2022, and has now been updated and republished.

Isla joined us in June 2022 as a nestling after being rescued by well-meaning but inexperienced people. We do not know a lot about Isla’s story other than that she has been found as a presumed orphan. We understand that the carer struggled increasingly to raise Isla. Eventually, two weeks later, the carer brought Isla to a local bird rescue. The team recognised immediately that Isla was in great trouble, and that she would require long term care. Subsequently, we have been asked to take Isla into our care, which we did.

Juvenile Rook Isla — Rook Isla after her first bath

Coexistence of Multiple Health Conditions

At admission Isla showed signs of a generalised infection. She was very lethargic and dehydrated. We found extensive soft tissue swellings involving hock, ankle and foot joints whilst sparing all wing joints. Several small pressure sores were already present. Obscured by the marked joint swelling, we also noticed an unusual deformity of Isla’s right-sided hock and ankle joint being suggestive of older fractures.

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Jackdaw Jacky

Introducing Corvid Isle Sanctuary Residents

Jacky was born in spring 2011. She has been raised by a kind person after being found on the ground as a nestling. We took over her care in 2019 as the previous guardian became unable to care for her. Jacky is an imprinted and unreleasable but otherwise very happy bird, who thoroughly enjoys living in a human household.

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Carrion Crows Amor and Rhea

Introducing Corvid Isle Sanctuary Residents

Amor has been brought to us in May 2017 as a 3 or 4 day old carrion crow hatchling, being completely dependent on his parents for care, warmth and nourishment. He had barely any feathers and his eyes were still closed. Hatchlings like Amor are very vulnerable and require constant warmth and protection. Amor has been brought indoors by a freely roaming unsupervised cat. It is unclear whether the cat did raid the nest itself, or a bird of prey did, and the cat was just an opportunistic bystander.

Carrion crow Amor Day 3 — Carrion crow hatchling Amor

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Magpie Chiara

Introducing Corvid Isle Sanctuary Residents

Magpie Chiara came to us in May 2017 as a juvenile bird after being injured by an unsupervised domestic cat. Chiara managed to escape and was found the next day hiding in a greenhouse. She suffered an extensive fracture of her right wing and a severe injury to her right eye.

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Rook Brambles

Introducing Corvid Isle Sanctuary Residents

Rook Brambles came to us as an adult bird in May 2013. We have rescued him in a somewhat daring and quite prickly rescue from a cliff, where he was trapped in a large hedge of brambles, hence his name. Brambles arrived at our sanctuary in shock with a bleeding compound fracture of his left wing caused by a shotgun injury.

Brambles had been intentionally shot and left to suffer by a person with an antisocial personality disorder obviously lacking any empathy and respect towards the suffering of sentient beings. This particular person did act illegally and unethically by clearly showing his or her disregard for the law by hunting on a public path causing a sentient being to suffer unnecessarily.