With Thanksgiving in the rearview mirror, Giving Tuesday coming up in a couple of days, the end of the year approaching, and funds running low, now’s the time LWR is appealing to your holiday spirit to help us meet our fundraising goal of $1500. The fundraiser will run through Dec. 23, although an earlier end is possible if the funds are raised sooner.
It was a slow week, with just one intake, an adult mourning dove who may have been hit over someone’s dove field, as dove season is back in through today. Her wing looks pretty bruised but the birdshot appears to’ve passed straight through and while she can’t fly at the moment, things look promising for an eventual release.
The totally blind screech did require euthanasia, sadly, but the red tail’s eye looks much better. The swelling is down but the eye remains full of blood, so we can’t really assess the damage yet. He’s still not eating as much as I’d like, though.
The black vulture is a major con artist: Twice this week I’ve caught him perching on a ledge that would require flight to reach, and I hear him flying when I walk near the raptor flight. But he’s careful most of the time to make sure he’s on the ground when I walk in to feed him. The scraps he’s not eating are attracting quite a few of his buddies, too; I counted at least a dozen this morning who were looking for a way into the raptor flight to eat his leftovers! As soon as the weather moderates toward the end of this week, he’s slated for release.
And the screech recovering from eye surgery, aside from having scraped his cere raw trying to escape, is doing just great. He’s ever so grateful for the help LWR is providing him, as you can clearly see...
In all seriousness, his eye looks great, the pupil is responsive to light, the eyelid is fully functional, and he can definitely see out of the eye—all in all, a true success story for this lucky little fellow! He’ll remain at LWR for a few weeks longer to make sure that eye is fully healed and give him some time in the mini-pen to build up his flight muscles again after a month of inactivity, but he’s definitely slated for release by year’s end.
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Ann Feldman
11/30/2020 11:13:59 am
I can't believe people hunt mourning doves, but I guess protein is protein esp these days. I love the crafty vulture. Will the cere grow back on the Screech?
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