Hope everybody had a good Christmas and a nice, quiet start to 2021. LWR had a slow but steady trickle of intakes over the past two weeks.
On Dec. 22 a screech owl with a wing fracture came in. He’s a typical pissy screech but he’s eating well and the wing seems to be healing nicely. Of course, it hasn’t quite been two weeks yet, so he has a while to go before we know for sure if it’ll heal for flight.
On Dec. 22 a screech owl with a wing fracture came in. He’s a typical pissy screech but he’s eating well and the wing seems to be healing nicely. Of course, it hasn’t quite been two weeks yet, so he has a while to go before we know for sure if it’ll heal for flight.
On Dec. 23 a first-year Coop arrived with a trashed wing and a massively swollen eye. Euthanasia was the only humane option for this bird.
On Christmas Day, two great horneds arrived, one during the day and the other that night. The daytime arrival appeared to have rodenticide poisoning: the inside of his beak was white and he was having seizures. The seizures hadn’t gotten too bad yet so I started treatment in hopes he could be saved—and he did perk up slightly before crashing that night.
The second great horned was pulled from a woman’s grille at a gas station. His rescue was a group effort between a 911 dispatcher, a sheriff’s deputy and a city police officer. Unfortunately, he had open wing and leg fractures and required euthanasia.
On Dec. 26 an adult Eastern cottontail arrived. I normally don’t take mammals, focusing my efforts on birds, especially raptors, but the deputy who grazed him wasn’t aware of that. I agreed to take the rabbit figuring it’d need euthanasia, as 99.9% of the time rabbit vs. vehicle ends badly for the rabbit. Aside from a nosebleed and a dinged ear, though, this fellow was just fine. After a few hours’ observation to make doubly sure everything was functioning, he was released.
And today, Jan. 3, two barred owls arrived. The first is very emaciated and weak. He may have been grazed by a car, as well, as his right ear looks bruised and his left eye is currently filled with blood. But he’s already eating on his own so I’m hopeful he’ll make a full recovery.
The second barred had an open wing fracture and required euthanasia.
Again, hope everyone’s New Year has gotten off to a good start!
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