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 Post subject: Re: WILDLIFE CONSERVATION & REHABILITATION ~ 2012-2013
PostPosted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:29 pm 
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Today was a triple play!
1. On my way to bird rehab a beautiful turkey vulture took off to my right. As I looked for his perch I was surprised to see about 6 or 7 of them perched on a window sill of a nearby office building. I would have loved to have been in that office!!!

2. As I arrived, I found a Cooper's Hawk perched high in a tree awaiting his next meal to fly by.

3. I helped rescue a bald eagle!! We received a call from a homeowner in a nearby town that an eagle was down in the field behind her house. 3 of us went and we found a beautiful female who could not get any height when attempting flight. We triangulated around her and quickly cornered her - well after about 10 minutes. We are not licensed to rehab eagles because we do not have a large enough flight cage. After she is treated by the vet, she will go to someone with the proper permits.
We do know that she has eaglets and at this point I do not know what will happen to them. The Indiana DNR's Non Game Bird Biologist, John Castrale will assess the situation and, I presume, will remove the eaglets if Dad cannot feed them properly. But rather speculate, I will just await to see what happens..

Here are two photos. Chris holding her after rescue. The wooded area behind Chris is where she eventually hopped to, lucky for us.
And her safely in the crate awaiting transport.
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 Post subject: Re: WILDLIFE CONSERVATION & REHABILITATION ~ 2012-2013
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Update from the Indiana Raptor Center on the above bald eagle. Good news is no babies! Read below:

"Concerns about this bird centered on the fact that it was near a nest and was thought to be a parent currently being monitored by the DNR. An examination of the bird revealed it to be a female that is a minimum of 25 years old. This is surmised due to her general condition and size including feet and beak, and the speckles in her irises which only appear in older birds. The bird does not have a brood patch, so even though near the nest, was not setting eggs or nestlings.

She therefore is not from the nest of concern.

The veterinary assessment is that the wing bruising near the wrist could have been the result of being caught in a downdraft in a recent storm. There is no evidence to specifically indicate a car strike, no broken bones or missing feathers. The bird is experiencing a great degree of muscle soreness, also a symptom of wind battering.

This bird is currently being treated with pain medication, cage rest, and feeding. When she appears ready, she will be moved to a flight pen to regain her strength and muscle tone from the bruising. This will be at minimum a several-week stay. Unless her health is in decline and she further deteriorates, she can be returned to the find site after she heals and regains strength."

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Are there any knitters out there?

If you have some spare time and yarn, we are in need of more knit nests, 6-7" in diameter, 3-4" deep. We love these knit nests - they're warm, washable and the baby birds find them very comfortable. Our newest patients, 3 Black Phoebes, are modeling a knit nest made by NSCC friend Becky Olsen. If you would like to knit some nests for the baby birds at NSCC, instructions can be found here: http://nativesongbirdcare.org/uploads/H ... Nests_.pdf

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I wish I could knit all I know is crochet

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I bet you could figure it out KF! We use those all the time with our itty bitty nestlings. They are perfect.

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Several people make them for the Wildlife Center of Virginia and I get boxes of them from them. I love them too.


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Falcons must learn to survive in cities to leave endangered list
Peregrine falcons, nature's fastest flyers, will receive protection whether they nest in bridges and buildings of cities or on rocky cliffs in the wild, according to a management plan that the Pennsylvania Game Commission proposed.

"They are an incredible bird ... Just watching one in flight can be quite exciting," Laurie Goodrich, a senior monitoring biologist at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Kempton, said.

The Game Commission's plan, which the public may comment on through May 29, calls for wildlife managers to work with maintenance teams so they don't disturb falcon nests while painting, washing windows or inspecting bridges, buildings, steeples and smokestacks
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Thank you KF. All in all, I think the peregrine has adapted marvelously to urban living.

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On a sad note, the bald eagle that I helped rescue in April died apparently of natural causes. The vet later determined that she was between 30 and 35 years of age, which is a remarkably long life. I am consoled that she lived her last month in the loving care of Laura and Patti at the Indiana Raptor Center where she was safe from predators as she made her journey to the other side.

Godspeed My Great Lady!

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WOW!! she did live a nice long life,thats for sure.
She WAS in loving hands and with wonderful people who cared for her.
Soar now happy go lucky & pain free, as if you were just starting out again dear Lady

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Sorry Gigi. That is a remarkably long life for an eagle.


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Sorry Gigi. That is a remarkably long life for an eagle.
Yes it really is.

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Killing in the Name of Sport
In 2011, fishing lake owners and anglers called for a change to the protected status of otters so that anglers could legally shoot any otter believed to be threatening fish.

Earlier this year, the government wildlife conservation agency Natural England allowed the destruction of four buzzard nests and their eggs. The reason was to protect a nearby pheasant shoot.

Currently, the RPRA - the Royal Pigeon Racing Association - is lobbying to re-classify racing pigeons as livestock, which would enable pigeon-racers to circumvent the protected status of sparrowhawks and peregrine falcons to shoot them.
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:furious: It is all about the almighty dollar....

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I am already seeing eye problems with some of the finches!! Seems mighty early for that (I usually don't see infection until July or August)..I'm washing my tube feeders and bird bath daily but I don't how much good it is doing. I just put up a clean feeder and not 2 seconds after that, an infected bird went to eat, poor thing. Is there anything topical that can be put on the feeder stations (holes) that treat their eyes and/or disinfect without being harmful?

I know they gotta really be uncomfortable..they keep rubbing their little eyes on everything..


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skygirlblue wrote:
I am already seeing eye problems with some of the finches!! Seems mighty early for that (I usually don't see infection until July or August)..I'm washing my tube feeders and bird bath daily but I don't how much good it is doing. I just put up a clean feeder and not 2 seconds after that, an infected bird went to eat, poor thing. Is there anything topical that can be put on the feeder stations (holes) that treat their eyes and/or disinfect without being harmful?

I know they gotta really be uncomfortable..they keep rubbing their little eyes on everything..
Okay here is the scoop from Liz at bird rehab.

The infection is being passed through contact and the feeders are probably enabling this. Birdbath not so much.

First line of defense is to take down your tube feeders for about 2 weeks. While they are down, thoroughly bleach them. It may be best to discard all together.

Go to a either platform feeder or ground feeding at least for the 2 weeks the tube feeders are down.

Best case scenario would be to capture them and treat with a optic triple antibiotic - it must not contain any corticosteroid such as dexamethasone. You would need to get them to either a vet or a rehabber. Most protocol indicates euthanasia...

Of course if you capture them, it may be illegal for you to treat them. Definitely no easy fix...

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Thanks gigi...taking down my tube feeders now...I have a tray feeder I can put in its place, I think...boy, the squirrels are gonna love this!!!


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skygirlblue wrote:
Thanks gigi...taking down my tube feeders now...I have a tray feeder I can put in its place, I think...boy, the squirrels are gonna love this!!!
The squirrels probably planned it all! :teehee:

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Young aplomado falcons introduced to new sites Tuesday on Mustang Island
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Posted June 25, 2013 at 10:25 p.m., updated June 25, 2013 at 10:29 p.m.
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