Corvids Archives - Corvid Isle

11/10/202411/10/2024

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

21/09/202421/09/2024

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.

11/09/202411/09/2024

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.

19/08/202419/08/2024

Carrion Crow Colin

Introducing Corvid Isle Sanctuary Residents

Colin came to us in March 2017, after we have been contacted for help and advice by his kind-hearted rescuer. It turned out that Colin was an imprinted unreleasable carrion crow born in spring 2016. He was found as an injured orphaned nestling on the ground after a severe storm, and has been subsequently raised by his own without the company of his own kind.

What is Imprinting?

Imprinting in wild birds is a critical and essential learning process that occurs during a sensitive period shortly after hatching. During this time, a young bird forms a strong attachment to the first moving object it sees, which is usually his or her parent. Interestingly, this attachment helps the bird learn essential survival behaviours, such as recognising its species, following the parent and learning specific feeding techniques.

12/08/202419/08/2024

Rook Malcolm

Introducing Corvid Isle Sanctuary Residents

Rook fledgling Malcolm arrived in our sanctuary in June 2018. We took over his care from another wildlife rescue, which asked us for advice and help. Malcolm did not thrive and develop as expected, became very poorly and quite distressingly did not stop to call for his parents and siblings.

Our admission assessment revealed that Malcolm was blind, and therefore struggled to find his place in this new strange noisy human world of a wildlife rescue. Our veterinary surgeon confirmed that for reasons unknown Malcolm has suffered an almost complete retina detachment in both eyes. Over time we figured out that Malcolm can recognise light, but not more than that. This also explained his constant calling, as Malcolm struggled to adapt to his situation. He was simply frightened, and completely and utterly confused.