Caw-Vid Corner

Caw-Vid Corner Caw-Vid Corner operates on the Surf Coast/Torquay and is overseen by foster carer Melissa Fitzwilliam.

Providing rescue/emergency/orphan care and the rehabilitation for Ravens and Magpies. Welcome to Caw-Vid Corner — dedicated care for our remarkable Corvids. Caw-Vid Corner operates as part of Winki Wildlife Shelter Torquay and is overseen by experienced foster carer Melissa Fitzwilliam. With a strong commitment to the welfare of Corvid species and friends — including Ravens, Crows, Magpies, Curraw

ongs, White-winged Choughs, and Kookaburras. Melissa specialises in their rescue, rehabilitation, and successful release back to the wild. From urgent rescues, emergency treatment to nurturing vulnerable orphans, each bird receives expert care and compassionate support. Here you’ll find insight into the lives of these intelligent, magnificent creatures, updates on our rescues, and ways you can contribute to their protection and wellbeing.

Big shout out to The Pet Food Shop Torquay and Bell for always taking care of us and the Ravens! 🐦‍⬛
10/01/2026

Big shout out to The Pet Food Shop Torquay and Bell for always taking care of us and the Ravens! 🐦‍⬛

07/01/2026

Today and some of this week we will be having an extreme heatwave. All of our rescues have been w indoors aside from 2 that i am keeping cool with a sprinkler system and monitering them closley.

I am SO happy to see Daddy Raven has brought his baby down to the bath (I keep the area cool with a sprinkler on and off)

The last two years our wild ravens have lost both of their babies during extreme heatwave times, I know because they bring their babies around daily and both years they just were gone.

He has left this years baby down in our garden today where there’s shade in some of the small trees.

Please remember to put out water and to keep checking and refilling it so it stays cool.

01/01/2026

Babes having a shower 🚿

It’s been so busy here we keep forgetting to post updates. Meet “backyard” baby. Thankfully our local magpies trust me a...
29/12/2025

It’s been so busy here we keep forgetting to post updates.

Meet “backyard” baby. Thankfully our local magpies trust me and when their little baby turned up with a injury I was able to pick him up and pop him in the injury nursery room. This little poppet has a sore leg, but no breaks thankfully. So it’s confined rest, pain relief, PEMF therapy, red light therapy and some physical rehabilitation in the next few days.

As you can see all of the perches are low to stop them jumping/landing and are a simple step up. Every case is different and requires individual care.

They can hear their family outside who im pretty sure know he’s here. There’s 4 siblings! Who have been coming down to the window of the rehab room.

The sad truth is there is not enough carers to take on wildlife that needs help. It’s really a crisis. We have been over...
18/12/2025

The sad truth is there is not enough carers to take on wildlife that needs help. It’s really a crisis.

We have been over capacity for sometime now, but when we see a message go out that a fledgling Magpie has been sitting at a vet for a number of days it’s hard to ignore, most often the end result is euthanasia if a carer is not found in time.

This little one will spend a number of days getting some special rest and replenishment time to heal the stress and trauma.

They arrive here stressed, dehydrated and exhausted and it’s not because Vets dont care, its due to being to busy, not equipped or in truth not educated enough on wildlife triage.

Ways you can help?

Donate when you can, most foster carers and shelters literally go broke trying to feed and pay for wildlife.

Share their social media to spread awareness.

Ask if you can volunteer at your local shelter.

Ask if you could do a couple of laundry mat runs a week. We typically do our own washing but it piles up fast and the extra washes can help immensely.

Collect food and caring (supplements, hydrating fluids, water, puppy p*e pads) items as donations.

Train to become a rescuer, transportation helper. It’s a vital part of animal rescue and rehabilitation.

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Love Melissa and the Birds 🐦‍⬛

17/12/2025

Water babies!

*disclaimer both of these magpies have issues with malnutrition at a very young age and have bad feathers condition* it’s why they are still here and not yet at their second phase.

It’s “upgrade day” When the little orphans come into care they go through multiple phases of upgrades I like to call it....
08/12/2025

It’s “upgrade day”

When the little orphans come into care they go through multiple phases of upgrades I like to call it. Elvin and Sunny have moved from the crib into a bigger space.

The right nest they are in still offers a temperature controlled heat source/mat and the left one is without. They can both move freely to where they are most comfortable.

It won’t be long before there is only one nest and they are transferred to an enclosure with more walking space and low perches.

07/12/2025

To cute! And starting to get on the move!!

06/12/2025

Goal for today
“Have a shower”

05/12/2025

Learning the skill of bathing

05/12/2025

Indie and Tippy watching the wild birds come to use the water bath at the end of the day.

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Surf Coast
Torquay, VIC
3228

Telephone

+61427994004

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