The first intake was a gray-phase screech found in the roadway several counties away. He was lethargic and unresponsive on intake and didn’t survive the night.
LWR saw four intakes last week through today, making it the busiest week of 2025 thus far. (I’m being facetious, people; I’m aware it’s only the second full week of the year…) The first intake was a gray-phase screech found in the roadway several counties away. He was lethargic and unresponsive on intake and didn’t survive the night. The second was a first-year red tail with spinal trauma, who came in just before our predicted “winter storm,” which dumped only cold rain on Laurens County Friday, but in sufficient quantity that it seemed safer to hold off till this week to get him in for x-rays. The third, a barred, came in early this morning and has a very obviously broken right wing. It feels like it’s right in/at the shoulder, so x-rays will be needed for this one, too. And the fourth, arriving just after noon, is a feisty, full-cropped mature red tail who I suspect is totally uninjured but was just sluggish due to that bigger-than-his-head crop. If his x-rays confirm this, he can be released back into his home territory by week’s end; his finders have already expressed willingness to do so. As for the “older” LWR residents, the red tail in the main flight is good to go; I’ll be in touch with his finders tomorrow to arrange his release. The barred in the mini-pen and the second barred inside are good to go. Barred 3’s eye injury was confirmed to be an existing condition that the bird had adjusted to, so he’s also good for release. And the sharpie’s right wrist fracture is minor, not displaced, and doesn’t seem to be interfering with his ability to move the wing, so we’re giving him time to heal fully and then he’ll be tested in the main flight…assuming he doesn’t injure himself worse trying to escape his box. Sharpies aren’t far behind Coops in being psychotic little birds. So if all goes well, next week there should be a slew of releases to report: three barreds and two red tails. We have a very short window for these releases before another “rainy season” moves in toward the end of the week, so fingers crossed…
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