It’s that time of year, when the appetites of the birds under care mean new mouse orders every couple of weeks…. And that, of course, means a mid-year fundraiser. Our goal is $1500. We’re doing this low-key, through the LWR website’s PayPal links, basically because every fundraising platform out there takes its “fair share” of donations, cutting into the mouse money y’all donate. PayPal also takes a cut, of course, but their nonprofit rate is low enough to be tolerable. So…$1500 by the end of July? I think it’s doable, with y’all’s help!
As is usual this time of year, our week-long low-to-no rain chances last Sunday changed by the end of the day, and boy, am I glad we didn’t release anything banking on those original forecasts! Wednesday night into early Thursday morning, we had massive, sideways-raining, house-shaking, blinding-lightning thunderstorms that knocked the power out from 12:30AM to 8AM. We ended up with about 2-2.5 inches of rain.
So of course, the antsy red tail gal is still “antsying” in the flight, inciting similar behavior in the younger juvie and exasperating the nonreleasable to no end. The nonreleasable made her vet visit last week to get the certification we needed for Elachee to begin their paperwork to acquire her as an ed bird.
As is usual this time of year, our week-long low-to-no rain chances last Sunday changed by the end of the day, and boy, am I glad we didn’t release anything banking on those original forecasts! Wednesday night into early Thursday morning, we had massive, sideways-raining, house-shaking, blinding-lightning thunderstorms that knocked the power out from 12:30AM to 8AM. We ended up with about 2-2.5 inches of rain.
So of course, the antsy red tail gal is still “antsying” in the flight, inciting similar behavior in the younger juvie and exasperating the nonreleasable to no end. The nonreleasable made her vet visit last week to get the certification we needed for Elachee to begin their paperwork to acquire her as an ed bird.
The turkey vultures are growing like weeds; they’re at that awkward half-down, half-feather stage that makes them truly funny to look at—and hissing and growling nonstop at me and each other. This morning they fought over ONE piece of food…with a dish full sitting in front of ‘em. Apparently that one piece was the best of the lot…
The red shoulder whose nest was destroyed has modified his behavior somewhat. Apparently he realized it’s not a good idea to foot the hand that feeds you! He stubbornly refuses to eat whole mice, though—still has to have them cut up like he’s a nestling. That’s gonna have to end; he needs to be eating like a young adult bird now.
He was joined at LWR last week by a Mississippi kite (MIKI) brancher from Toombs County. He’d been unnested in a storm, and the game warden who picked him up searched the area but couldn’t locate the nest. As is the case with all MIKIs, he’s just a gorgeous little fellow who likes to “pip-pew” stridently while his food is being prepared. I mean, he hasn’t eaten in at LEAST 15 years, to hear him tell it…
And after our midweek storm here in Laurens County, a power company lineman found a grounded juvenile male barn owl and called 911, who gave him LWR’s phone number. Instead of calling LWR, he took the bird to the Dublin police department, who coordinated with the Laurens County sheriff’s office to get the bird to LWR. He’s been a bit loopy since his arrival but finally started eating last night, so…fingers crossed. Barnies can be stressy, stressy birds. But so far he’s not been a “screamy-screamy” bird. Just y’all wait—the day I forget earplugs, he’ll cut loose and scream like a banshee, and my brain will try to crawl out my ears to escape the noise!
There will be no update next Sunday, July 6. Y’all enjoy y'all's Independence Day and long weekend!
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