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Sorry y’all, it’s the best I can do today. Not sure if false spring is giving me early spring fever or if I’m just not real creative today, but the result’s the same—drawing a total blank on a header for this update!

LWR did have two new intakes last week, a screech who was just concussed and a mature red tail who has no use of his legs.

The screech came in earlier in the week and is a typical pissy little fellow who’s sure he could take me on and win in a fair fight—gotta love that screech attitude! He’ll be released as soon as the weather cooperates—the current weather predictions show a week of high rain chances.

The red tail came in yesterday after being hit by a car in a neighboring county.  He has no pain response in his legs/feet and they dangle uselessly, although he can flare his tail. Usually with a broken hip or pelvis there’s at least some neural response, so this is most likely nerve damage or possibly spinal trauma. I’m giving him another day or two before making the call, but the chances are higher than 99% that he’s going to require euthanasia.

The other mature red tail continues to do well and we hope his wing fracture heals for flight. He was the probable “spray and pray” victim over a dove field, if y’all recall.

The first-year red tail still panics when I go near his box, but I did manage to snag a photo of his wing wrap, which he’s tolerating very well. He definitely has an appetite!

The sharpie is spastic as ever but so far hasn’t done any major damage to feathers, head, or beak. Fingers crossed…He’s close to moving into a flight pen for flight conditioning.

Y’all enjoy the rest of y’all’s Sunday; I may just take a short nap!