And I hope y’all are all set for your New Year’s plans, whatever they may be. LWR had a busy two weeks—in fact, all of December has been unusually busy as far as intakes.
Two adult red-phase screeches came in, and y’all know how I love my screeches. One has a broken wing, right at the shoulder; he also had some severe head trauma and mild internal bleeding, which may have been caused by ingesting the red plastic he’s been casting and pooping for the past several days. Looks like the seal to some sort of sandwich bag or something. He’s eating a normal diet now, so hopefully we can get all the plastic out of his system. The wing is still iffy, but we’ll give him time to see what happens with it.
Two adult red-phase screeches came in, and y’all know how I love my screeches. One has a broken wing, right at the shoulder; he also had some severe head trauma and mild internal bleeding, which may have been caused by ingesting the red plastic he’s been casting and pooping for the past several days. Looks like the seal to some sort of sandwich bag or something. He’s eating a normal diet now, so hopefully we can get all the plastic out of his system. The wing is still iffy, but we’ll give him time to see what happens with it.
Screech 2 had mild head trauma and just needs some time in a flight to make sure he’s fully flighted before release.
However, both flights are occupied at the moment…
The falcon is in the main flight and honestly, it’s not looking promising for her release. The right wing is still preventing her from proper flight. Recall, if you will, she came in with a broken toe; her x-rays were clear aside from that. But she’s kept that wing at an odd angle from the get-go. Apparently there was soft damage, and it didn’t heal for flight. I’m trying to give her a little more time, but if she can’t fly, it’s a done deal. Her temperament is not suitable for ed bird status, unfortunately.
The falcon is in the main flight and honestly, it’s not looking promising for her release. The right wing is still preventing her from proper flight. Recall, if you will, she came in with a broken toe; her x-rays were clear aside from that. But she’s kept that wing at an odd angle from the get-go. Apparently there was soft damage, and it didn’t heal for flight. I’m trying to give her a little more time, but if she can’t fly, it’s a done deal. Her temperament is not suitable for ed bird status, unfortunately.
And in the mini-pen we have the red shoulder, recovering from a broken hand. He seems to be doing quite well, so as soon as we can move him into the main flight we’ll know more about his full flight capability. Gotta give the falcon a little more time, though.
And sadly, the barred fatalities continued, with two more intakes. Barred 1 had massive head trauma and severe stargazing, which, as you may remember, can sometimes be resolved with a proper diet—worked beautifully for a juvie red tail a couple of years ago. But for this bird, it didn’t work; if anything, the stargazing got worse, to the point he couldn’t eat or maintain his balance. He was humanely euthanized.
Barred 2’s head trauma left him blind; again frequently time will resolve this issue, but in his case it didn’t. He also was humanely euthanized.
Hopefully 2024 will begin on a better note than 2023 is ending on. Wishing y’all all a happy new year!
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