Volunteer Services for Animals

03/08/2025

https://abcbirds.org/bird/hudsonian-godwit/?utm_campaign=botw&utm_medium=email&utm_source=botw&contactdata=oBFdAnZCi9vQZlFIThfrhTTS9X6H+exsQbn97dfH6iWxW%2fQzj1aZgXv3Eqb1dSwKMrTLuIbkqJOKyohYQbYvVA9ypADyTGTMB3VDp6LonlbFaJYSumBRcKz2oW%2fggB9Sw1o+daobYh+wF4f5bAxh87mdBlB2vy0hEFkAeXZXiG2p63pWTZ1VoZ%2fobrAgGPaGO2JWhCgausdRBUJb+Ga3j3YaXYbi4w4kjEHWJKLn3gGNUeFXfNTAb%2fej21H99Byv&ms=em_nl_botw_030725&omcampaign=em_nl_botw_030725&omhide=true&emci=fa44df4b-9cfa-ef11-90cd-0022482a9fb7&emdi=0dfba2bb-69fb-ef11-90cd-0022482a9fb7&ceid=328648

Smallest of the world’s four godwit species, the handsome “Hudwit” is an uncommon sight, as it lives most of its life at the extreme ends of the Americas.

03/02/2025

Ramadam Murbarak is here for VSA's Muslim supporters. VSA wishes you peace and good will.

02/28/2025

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Many Black-headed Grosbeaks migrate to the forests of central Mexico for the winter, where huge roosts of migratory monarch butterflies also gather.

02/21/2025

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The beautiful Yellow Cardinal is the only member of its genus, Gubernatrix (governess), a name based on the Latin word gubernare.

02/14/2025

Happy Saint Valentine's to all.

02/14/2025

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The handsome Red-crested Cardinal is well-named, with a bright red crest that the bird can raise and lower and a red head and chest.

02/07/2025

https://abcbirds.org/bird/phainopepla/?utm_campaign=botw&utm_medium=email&utm_source=botw&contactdata=jZwywVUASm5NMR25EZkDw1qvIgo8waNu9LMTZJPDhLZPNW7ZobBLdQPiZJv9GtoViMGc0%2fD0UgBnZQ2jQx7GLR5U9RFG47wLxadMP4+SFTaHt%2ffzi3YFX3gHuKkeO6z9ShH8Kgss2W5PEvGdb8XKaRWzDv3as4znoeX6Bpbb%2fZ%2fZHUCmT3SHgb8TsdjGPw4xzfm9S55jx%2fU%2fCkLe9%2fREy0k+abzexBYTV4NW7ErbT9x%2fzXaMIO%2fgx%2fz9z+2Rr3R6&ms=em_nl_botw_020725_b&omcampaign=em_nl_botw_020725_b&omhide=true&emci=f700e431-d0e4-ef11-90cb-0022482a94f4&emdi=b2a7f91c-69e5-ef11-90cb-0022482a94f4&ceid=286090

The handsome male Phainopepla is clad in sleek black plumage that inspired its name, a composite of the Greek words phainos (shining) and peplos (robe).

01/31/2025

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The Florida Scrub-Jay is an uncommon member of the wide-ranging Corvid family, found only along the ancient, shrubby sand ridges and dunes which run through the central part of the U.S. state of Florida.

01/24/2025

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Although most Buff-bellied Hummingbirds are resident (non-migratory), some migrate short distances south from Texas into Mexico.

01/21/2025

https://www.audubon.org/magazine/swallow-or-swift

Telling the two apart can be tough, but some clues lie in how they fly and where they sleep.

01/19/2025

"In 2023 around 415,000 dogs and cats were killed in America's shelters just because they didn't have safe places to call home." Source: Best Friends Animal Society, Kanab, Utah.

VSA helps anyone needing spay/neuter surgery for their pets.
Email: [email protected] for help.

01/19/2025

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Shocking: The Humane Society of the United States, the ASPCA, and Compassion in World Farming are betraying animals. Find out how.

01/17/2025

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The Shining Sunbeam is a large, conspicuous hummingbird found at higher altitudes along both slopes of the Andes.

01/10/2025

https://abcbirds.org/bird/white-bellied-woodstar/?utm_campaign=botw&utm_medium=email&utm_source=botw&contactdata=Hgq5yaRp29iO9fcCbWzdXKVVMoN9T+LeweJW9sQ%2fIATBCYN0wNoZW+5ycwKN6dew3Extt+6eG8j1dn6uMJL65xvFkmjI+Xk+hiXi16Wk8xqnfOftBaWTt9iSct32+d+FEDre9HKLbzDP0ISSdjwMcclhl15YGlfeh+gt1IRUQLFXKwpH2WrMs0AMl89pQEMDsBd1A4NUATCSeTPgMTgfHXuzOgnJDeTHJe+9UfEI3xAfTEqycnMOsgerOFRTyBxbZYvYpn4teysFy++daB8g9g%3d%3d&ms=em_nl_botw_011025_b&omcampaign=em_nl_botw_011025_b&omhide=true&emci=01db1904-c4ce-ef11-88d0-0022482a9d92&emdi=56533788-68cf-ef11-88d0-0022482a9d92&ceid=286090

At roughly three inches long, the tiny White-bellied Woodstar is about the size of a large insect.

01/03/2025

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Violet-tailed Sylphs build nests outside of their breeding season, which they use as night roosts.

12/27/2024

https://abcbirds.org/bird/winter-wren/?utm_campaign=botw&utm_medium=email&utm_source=botw&contactdata=LQk18zSncqomgX7ErRSgorhXrcs84Y47dG6kYfeuhXOhPhXPp1JyA6+QQGVGXjc6EHNn1oitzHQyQDBe6Y%2fiGmeCRgJ+k6K96GLRCUgR%2fVQv9MKKqg4nFqxX+1DKoP%2flDkqXFzpCeJowNOI1AFVPrNiBsXs0kXYzK1DhJqKFr40h8j+9HDuEM1rdxboFkNwtz7r+SPeyd2KbcuMFGKzOmX+ZS5IgThnZnJdlQmdkmqRgDETcAhNJ8M0QW0hm9WPpzZC1sTf9q1v9K9+4C5WjJA%3d%3d&ms=em_nl_botw_122724_b&omcampaign=em_nl_botw_122724_b&emci=49aeacee-53c4-ef11-88ce-0022482a93af&emdi=f647581f-68c4-ef11-88ce-0022482a93af&ceid=328648

One of the smallest wrens in North America, the inconspicuous Winter Wren is easy to mistake for a mouse.

12/26/2024

HAPPY NEW YEAR - 2025