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A fledgling Cedar Waxwing perches on a wooden slab, looking back at the camera.

September 29, 2025

Cedar Waxwings: Feathery Fruit Fanatics! 🍇 ⎸ Critter Corner

Cedar Waxwings are beautiful, spunky birds that quickly become staff favorites whenever they’re in care. We thought this month’s Critter Corner would be the perfect opportunity to share more about these spirited little masked bandits.

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A Common Raven perches and looks out of its enclosure

October 31, 2024

Patient of the Month: Quoth The Raven

Quoth the Raven, “Nevermore Feed me more!” 🖤 Our Patient of the Month this October is one of Edgar Allan Poe’s favorites: a Common Raven, known at RWS as patient 24-859. Fitting for spooOoOoOoky Halloween! 👻 This beautiful patient arrived at the Sanctuary this summer after being rescued from a forest fire in Clarke County a […]

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