In other words, a typical week for any rehabber at any given time...LWR had both an unexpected death and a much-anticipated release this week.
Let’s get the bad news out of the way first: the red shoulder’s x-ray showed a fracture that should have healed perfectly, with no flight impairment at all.
Let’s get the bad news out of the way first: the red shoulder’s x-ray showed a fracture that should have healed perfectly, with no flight impairment at all.
However, two days later, he keeled over overnight. Some birds just don’t deal well with the stress of captivity, and that’s all I can figure was going on with him.
The excellent news is that the red shoulder who’d been recovering from the wing fracture forever and was flying so beautifully in the raptor flight was released. No video, although I tried; he burst out of the box like he had a rocket booster on his tail. After some searching, though, I did manage to locate where he’d landed and get some pretty decent post-release photos.
The excellent news is that the red shoulder who’d been recovering from the wing fracture forever and was flying so beautifully in the raptor flight was released. No video, although I tried; he burst out of the box like he had a rocket booster on his tail. After some searching, though, I did manage to locate where he’d landed and get some pretty decent post-release photos.
All calls this week were from folks way out of LWR’s range and were referred to rehabbers closer to them.
And that, people, is the sum total of this week’s update!
And that, people, is the sum total of this week’s update!
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