As of today, we’re at $750, halfway to our goal of $1500. Remember, this is a low-key PayPal fundraiser, so clicking any of the “Donate” links on our website will allow you to donate toward the food bill for the birds at LWR.
We had two new intakes, both red shoulders. The first, from Wilkinson county on Monday, had a fractured left humerus, badly displaced—it was *thisclose* to being an open fracture. He was humanely euthanized.
We had two new intakes, both red shoulders. The first, from Wilkinson county on Monday, had a fractured left humerus, badly displaced—it was *thisclose* to being an open fracture. He was humanely euthanized.
The second came in this morning from Laurens County, with no apparent injuries. He was observed sitting on a bird bath the previous evening and had not moved this morning. Given his slight head tilt, I’m thinking he may have hit a window and ended up with a slight concussion. We’ll give him a little time to get his bearings.
That makes two red shoulders at LWR now, since the juvie is still awaiting his turn in a flight pen—quite impatiently, I might add.
The MIKI is also losing patience at having to wait for an open flight, but with two flights and eight birds, delays are inevitable.
Of course, the main flight still houses the red tail trio. There’s still been no progress on getting the nonreleasable moved to Elachee, and the two juvies are ready for release—unless a falconer decides to take on the younger of the two within the next couple of weeks. That would actually be my preference, but if no local falconers are looking for red tails, both birds will likely be released at the same time, potentially the end of this week, as the first part of the week has relatively high rain chances (and we really need the rain).
The turkey vultures remain in the mini-pen, although they really need to be in the main flight. One of the two started attempting to perch last week, and his wing flapping to maintain his balance highlighted the need for these two goofballs to be in a larger flight ASAP: his wings span the width of the mini-pen.
Please take the time to donate toward our $1500 goal; the birds love that “mouse money”…well, okay, they actually love the mice, but it takes money to buy the mice!
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