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A week of extremes…

4/1/2018

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…In intake sizes, that is. Intakes ranged from an adult turkey vulture to an adult ruby-throated hummer, and several sizes in between!
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First off, the red shoulder was released and, after some initial hesitation, was delighted to see the last of me!
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No photos, please! Damn paparazzi!
​A second, slightly older turkey vulture came in, found near the road. He had no fractures but acted really concussed, so a few days at the LWR B&B, and both he and the turkey vulture from last week were released.
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​Midweek, the local FWS agent called with three nestling barred owls. A tree surgeon had cut a tree that was about to fall on a roof and didn’t see the nest cavity until it was too late. He did, however, immediately call the FWS agent to take the birds.
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​And an adult barred came in favoring his left wing, but x-rays showed no fractures, so we’re just giving him a little time and hoping there’s no soft tissue damage.
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​However, the barred who came in today wasn’t as lucky; he had a nasty open wing fracture that required euthanasia.
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​Last week’s adult great-horned owl had no fractures but the swelling is still present, so there’s definite soft-tissue damage there. Again, he just needs some time.
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​Yet another mourning dove came in, so we now have a trio.
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​The red tail is in the raptor flight and may be releasable this week; we’ll see…
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The overwintering flyers are still here. The temps are right for a release; now we just have to have three consecutive days of low-to-no rain chances.
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And the two youngest flyers continue to grow. They’re finally starting to nibble at solids , so that’s always good!
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​The nestling great horned doesn’t even look like the same bird! He’s growing by leaps and bounds.
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And, of course, there’s the ruby-throated hummer who also came in midweek. Both wings are level but he can’t get any lift, which sounds like a coracoid fracture.  So, as with the adult barred and GHO, we’re giving him time to see what happens.
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And also this afternoon, people called with a baby bird found in the road; they thought it was a mocker. Sounded plausible to me, as mockers are the world’s worst about falling from the nest and then hopping away from it, so you have no idea where to begin looking to re-nest them. However, upon opening the box he was brought in, I was delighted to find a brown thrasher nestling, *thisclose* to fledging. He’s not a happy camper at the moment, not at all!
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​Hope everybody had a great Easter; as you can see, mine was rather busy, hence the late update. 
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Ann Feldman
4/3/2018 09:18:55 pm

More baby owls to feed! Who needs sleep?
Sending a donation. Buy a 10 pound bag of coffee
;-)

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Laurens Wildlife Rescue
4/3/2018 09:42:20 pm

Sleep? What's that? ;^) Thanks for the donation--and the goofballs appreciate it, too...more "meeses" for them!

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