Cascadia Pigeon Rescue

I hope karma is real. Somebody pushed a dart through this bird. It was in there for about a week and we just got him last night. It’s not the first pigeon in Everett that has been found with something stuck through it. If anyone finds the person doing this please let me know, I would like to report them.

He just got out of surgery and seems to be doing great. He saw an excellent surgeon ❤️The damage was not nearly as bad as it could have been. He’s eating and alert. Send healing vibes!

Dan Rather again ❤️ she was my little sidekick for days, I love her to death. She’s being fostered by someone else now but I miss her!

A volunteer brought Consuela by to get her checked out—Consuela is a little squeaker pigeon that was standing in the same spot for over 12 hours, not being fed by mom and dad and not figuring things out on her own. She’s alllllmost old enough to eat on her own but not quite, and she definitely doesn’t have flying figured out. She needs a place to finish growing up. We will find somewhere for her to go to pigeon finishing school ❤️

This is Dan Rather, a little squeaker that was dropped off with me last night. He is experiencing some neurological difficulties. He was outside starving and surrounded by a very large murder of crows when his rescuer stepped in and scooped him up. We’ve started treatment and we are going to do our best to get him into the vet first thing on Monday, doctor’s schedule permitting ❤️🕊️

Dan Rather is already much livelier, brighter, and more opinionated than he was yesterday—a good sign that he is starting to feel better!

He likes this French murder documentary I’m watching, but he likes watching himself on camera better. He loves cuddling and being fed, too. Overall solid pigeon, would rate 10/10.

Chopin was found huddled on the ground outside in Issaquah by a good hearted person who did his best to make sure the bird got help. Chopin shows great interest in food but some pigeons are afraid to eat when they first come in (it seems like they’re not sure if they’re allowed to, like they don’t want to be rude and eat my seeds or something, which is cute but a little silly).

Somebody dyed him pink under one wing and blue under the other. Can’t imagine why. He was clearly terrified when I got him out of the box and he can’t seem to believe his luck that he’s safe and being cared for again. He gave me lots of big cuddles last night ❤️

He will go to an aviary with other pigeons while he waits to be adopted. Wish him luck!!!

Catherine Zeta-Jones and her friend Deez came to us from a local wildlife center that had run out of space for pigeons. Both birds were high-needs cases, though Deez was significantly more critical.

Unfortunately, despite receiving everything we could offer him, Deez passed away this morning. 🕊️🌈

In this video, Catherine Zeta-Jones is enjoying her first meal with us. She’s still pretty sure I’m a suspicious character, but she’s willing to overlook that for a good bowl of seeds.

Catherine is currently showing neurological symptoms, along with foul-smelling droppings that suggest some sort of underlying infection. I’m hoping to have a necropsy performed on Deez, as his presentation was unusual and raised more questions than answers. The testing we had done while he was alive provided some information, but it wasn’t conclusive and didn’t fully explain the combination of symptoms we were seeing.

For now, we’re focused on getting Catherine stabilized and hoping that an empiric treatment plan aimed at several possible causes of neurological disease will give her the best chance of recovery.

Another Jacobin, owner surrender, handsome lil fella that needs a mate! He may be adopted soon pending lab results that show that he’s healthy and will hopefully find love in the adopter’s aviary ❤️