As I type this, it’s after 7 pm Sunday—by which time I normally have the LWR weekly update done. HAH. Not this Sunday. This is the first time I’ve sat down since eating a quick dinner with my mother around noon—too many beaks to feed, phone calls to field, boxes to change…
Let’s start with the new raptor babies, shall we?
May 2 a nestling red shoulder came in, all mouth and attitude.
Two nestling Carolina wrens didn’t even survive long enough for photos, and of the “pet store” Caros, only one survived and is in the songbird flight now, along with four others—three who came in together and one who came in today. Today’s Caro is looking stressed to the max, so I’m hoping placing him with the others will ease his stress; otherwise I don’t expect him to survive the night.
And the brown thrasher from last week’s update was joined by a slightly older thrasher, both of whom are also in the songbird flight.
The adult barred and great horned owls, along with the adult screeches, await their turns in the raptor flight; the plan at the moment is to place the adult barred out there as soon as the juvie great horned is released, and then get all the adults in and out as quickly as possible to make room for the babies as they mature.