Turtledove Corral and Aviary

07/08/2025

Who wants to come help me build a Tunnel from the "out" trap to the "in" trap?

06/30/2025

Eli likes to help from time to time. #

06/30/2025

Turtledove Corral and Aviary. Open for appointments to spend time visiting animals! By donation we run private parties and family visits. No time limits!

Our Girls Nature Week day camp scheduled for this week is postponed

See the event page in the group for new dates !

06/29/2025

Open for family visits today tomorrow and tuesday !

905 818 8105-jacy jean
To book

Bring a picnic or shack at least , a ball glove, or football”…use our badminton net , trampoline , spring horses and tot area
Visit our animal residents, learn about medical plants growing on the farm , take a walk in the woods and
Enjoy the country silence !

06/29/2025

Better pictures coming soon but just an early look at who arrived today discovered by an observant gentleman heading into work
He saw a cardboard box randomly in the parking lot and took a second to look
He discovered 7 ducklings. Left , where someone would find them , but without water
So they were lucky he took time to arrange for their safe landing at the Corral 🙂

06/28/2025

In the wind...

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06/26/2025

My favourite :)
More videos coming as I obsess over their growth :) lol

Visits are available at the Turtledove Corral and Aviary by contacting me for an appointment
Family visits , groups , private parties all by donation
Without support we will struggle to keep our animals and the farm open. We do a fair amount of rescue work with the pigeons and birds we see and we make every effort to provide affordable programming and opportunities for youth and families

Currently. Being so slow. We are looking for a new location with which to partner our efforts or to aid with animal care and keep while I work out my next strategy

06/26/2025

This little one hatched on its own Was struggling when I found it. Gently s scooped up away from the prying beaks of curious hens. Abd reunited with mother and the clutch. Then all moved into a brooder to ensure the hen would nurture if the chick was to survive Clearly , it was meant ti survive :). They were hatched naturally in a top secret location had “lost” this little bantam hen , daughter of the immortal Iris , a couple months ago. Figured she’d gotten grabbed I was mistaken to the tune of 9 healthy chicks :). “Mom” and babies all doing well in a recovery and growth brooder in my home until old enough to be safe with the flock They will be up for visits though at the aviary by appointment ! Contact Jacy jean (that’s me!) to book ! All guest visits are by donations and we are hoping to be able to stay open through more seasons but this is only made possibly with support from the community

06/25/2025

Look who showed up !

06/18/2025

It is a myth that yiu can’t touch babies
While limited touching is best obviously , birds willl not abandon if you place a fallen back into a nest

Same with baby bunnies.

This morning something awful happened. A hawk came and attacked a robin’s nest right on my porch. Knocked the whole thing down. I opened the door and saw three tiny baby birds on the cold wood. Two were moving. One wasn’t. I just froze.

The parents were up in the trees, fluttering like mad, making that helpless, frantic sound. I wanted to help, I really did, but I was scared. Scared the hawk might come back. Scared I’d do it wrong. And mostly just afraid that if I touched anything, it would mean the end for all of them.

I stood there for a minute, clutching my mug and whispering, “What do I do? What do I do?”

My husband told me to breathe. So I grabbed a pair of gloves and gently, one by one, lifted the babies and placed them back into the nest. They were so impossibly light. So still.

And then, I saw the smallest chest rise. Then another. Then the third.

All three were alive. ALL THREE.

The mom came back. Sat right in that nest like nothing had ever happened. And the dad? Back and forth nonstop with worms. Like, clocked in. Fully on duty.

I don’t even know how to describe the feeling. Relief? Awe? Some weird, deep hope I didn’t know I still had?

Now I hear chirping. One of them is testing its voice, full of life.

Mom keeps swooping in with food. Dad’s close by, always watching.

And somehow, all of this, the panic, the rescue, the tiny heartbeat I thought was gone, has turned into this loud, messy, beautiful orchestra of survival.

They're gonna make it. And today, that’s more than enough for me.

Credit goes to the respective owner~

06/16/2025

Things that make you go....hmmmmmm :/

06/16/2025

RATZ !

Romeo Alpha Tango Zulu !