If you find yourself wondering about the eye-catching signs on the building along Oakley’s main drag, take a look inside.  

Brian Speer, owner and director of The Medical Center for Birds, stands in front of a photograph of one of his two pet emus. (Courtesy Rowena Gonden) 

The Medical Center for Birds is exactly what the name suggests, improbable as it might seem that a smallish bedroom community near the easternmost reaches of Contra Costa County has a veterinary hospital dedicated to avian patients.  

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