Whoa!

Zoey the Towhee has a new pal. After a lot of rhyming, Dan thought we should name the new bird Joey, but within a blink of an eye, the word "Whoa" came out of his mouth. Being huge fans of the show Blossom and Joey Lawrence, "Whoa" seemed perfect. Whoa is on the left with the silly down feathers on her head. She was also cornered by a cat. These are the first 2 baby songbirds of Ventura and Santa Barbara.

Whoa realy likes to eat worms covered with Calcium powder. Yumm.

This is Zoey getting fed baby bird food via a syringe.

And after the feeding, Zoey is content. Check out her huge crop.

David and Herman sitting in a tree...

...K-I-S-S-I-N-G. First came love, then came marriage, them came Hervid and Davman in a baby carriage.

Herman's new pals

Herman is no longer an only child. He had to learn the word "share" this week. A stork brought us 2 baby Anna's hummingbirds and a baby California Towhee.

The 2 Anna's Hummingbirds both arrived at the Wildlife Center after being rescued from the UCSB campus in the pouring rain. Since they are already fluttering their wings and hovering, they are much noiser and are always looking for an escape route. I nicknamed them "The Troublemakers".


The California Towhee showed up in the mouth of Wookie, who is the sister of my cat Yoda. The Towhee has a few scratches and an inflated air sac, which all seem to be healing with the help of antibiotics. This bird is loud. It chirps all day long. Non-stop. Not a cute chirp either. Once Dan gets back from Fresno, I will have him post the chirp so you can enjoy it too. I named the bird Zoey the Towhee... not because it rhymes and is another creative name courtesy of me, but because of my brother David. When I told him that there was a bird that attacks Dan's VW Bus mirror every morning, and I explained that it was a towhee, he thought I called I called it Zoey.

And for Herman, he is much bigger now. His feathers are growing, he's gaining coloration, cleaning his beak on the perch alot and moved up to a laundry basket. He did a 180 a few days ago and got a standing ovation. His mama was proud.