Morrigan
aka ‘the idiot’
Morrigan was brought to us by a man in Blythe who is well known for his work in rescuing and rehabilitating wild birds. He had raised Morrigan from a youngster, but she became too tame for release (this is known as imprinting and is very common amongst hand-reared corvids).
Morrigan had been sharing an aviary with another carrion crow and a rook who were also unreleasable, but they paired up and started to attack her, as they felt she was invading their territory. Unfortunately there was no more room for Morrigan in Blythe, so we agreed to help her out. She spent three years with her last owner and has been with us now for almost a year.
Morrigan is a funny girl with lots of character. She can be very noisy indeed!
She dislikes other birds, which is understandable given that she was attacked by them before, and much prefers her human companions, but we are trying to build up her confidence with other birds gradually so that hopefully, in time, she can have some company of her own kind.
Morrigan is unable to fly properly. We are unsure of the reason for this as there are no signs of her having had an injury and her last owner is unaware of any problem. She does seem to miss her last owner as he spent a lot of time with her. We try to keep her occupied as best we can with lots of toys and her big bath, which she loves.
Morrigan is always jumping about and doing “back-flips”. It is because of her silly behaviour that her previous owner’s son gave her the nickname ‘the idiot’!