Turkey Vulture
Name: Earl
Gender: female
Height: 26 inches
Wingspan: 5.5 feet
Weight: 4.5 lbs.
Date admitted: June 2, 1984
Age at arrival: nestling
Injury: imprinted on people
Story: Earl was found as a baby and (illegally) raised by people.
Attempts were made to habituate her to the wild and release her, but she
was returned, unable to survive on her own.
Peregrine Falcon
Name: Lucy
Gender: female
Height: 16 inches
Wingspan: 3.5 feet
Weight: 1.6 lbs.
Date admitted: Sept 24, 2003
Age at arrival: 4 months
Injury: left wing partial amputate,
right wing fractured
Came From: Greater Cincinnati Airport
Story: This banded bird hatched from
a nest at the Gulf Tower in Pittsburgh,
PA in June 2003. She was in excellent
condition at the time of her injury.
Barn Owl
Name: Storm (BN 07-01)
Gender: unknown
Height: 14 inches
Wingspan: 44 inches
Weight: 1 lb.
Date admitted: June 26, 2007
Age at arrival: Nestling
Injury: Severe left wing soft tissue wound
Came From: Seaman, OH
Story: The owl's left wing was caught in
a seam of a barn.
American Kestrel (Falcon)
Name: Steel
Gender: male
Height: 9 inches
Wingspan: 1.5 feet
Weight: 4 oz.
Date admitted: Oct 23, 2000
Age at arrival: adult, unknown
Injury: Left eye blind
Red-tailed Hawk
Name: Scarlet
Gender: female
Height: 19 inches
Wingspan: 4.5 feet
Weight: 3 lbs.
Date admitted: November 30, 2003
Age at arrival: immature
Injury: left wing fracture
Story: Came From: East Fork
State Park
Eastern Screech Owl
Name: Thirteen (SO 09-13)
Gender: female (?)
Height: 8 inches
Wingspan: 20 inches
Weight: 7 oz.
Date admitted: June 14, 2009
Age at arrival: nestling
Injury: Head trauma from fall from nest
Came From: Indian Hill, OH
Story: Found in resident's backyard on
ground
Great Horned Owl
Name: Sylvester
Gender: male
Height: 22 inches
Wingspan: 4 feet
Weight: 3 lbs.
Date admitted: Feb 12, 1997
Age at arrival: adult, unknown
Injury: Wing and leg fractures
Came From: Lawrenceburg, IN
Story: Found in median of
cloverleaf at Lawrenceburg exit
of I-275 hit by a car
Partial Albino Red-tailed Hawk
Name: Isis
Gender: female
Height: 19 inches
Wingspan: 4 feet
Weight: 2.5 lbs.
Date admitted: June 28, 2004
Age at arrival: Immature
Injury: Gunshot wound to right wing
Came From: Bethel, OH
Story: Isis was found on the ground with a
gunshot wound to her right wing and her
radius/ulna (forearm) shattered. She is a
leucystic (partial albino) bird with blue eyes
and very light colored beak, cere, and talons.
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Barred Owl
Name: Priscilla
(BO 07-09)
Gender:
Height: 21 inches
Wingspan: 3.5 feet
Weight: 1.5 lbs.
Date admitted: July 21, 2007
Age at arrival: adult, unknown
Injury: Left wing fracture at elbow
Came From: Goshen, OH
Story: The owl flew into a car
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