I took him in Monday afternoon, and Jim quickly discovered the damage was more severe than either of us initially thought. Essentially, the eyelid was slit from corner to corner and right up to the edge of the ear; Jim said the screech came close to losing the entire eyeball. But it looked clear and the third eyelid was functional, so...
The antsy first-year red tail will be released this week, as rain chances are nil for most of the week.