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This Cooper's Hawk, CH06-04, was stuck inside the Home Depot at Tylersville Road for several days. Store employee Amy Peters knew about RAPTOR and called for some help in getting the bird safely back outside. Dan Gallagher and Cindy and Marc Alverson trapped the bird in the store. He was found to have an injured foot but an x-ray by vet Dr. Grossi turned up no breaks. After a week of cage rest he was good to go and was banded by Jeff Hays and released by Amy to once again prowl the skies.
This red morph Eastern Screech Owl, SO05-31, was found by the road in Amberly Village by Roy Sommer. He was picked up by volunteer Bill Hofmann and found to have severe head trauma and eye trouble. After some much needed cage rest and a visit to vet Dr. Ketring to check its eyes, this little guy was ready to be released. He was banded by Jeff Hays and was released by Roy at French Park.
This Great Horned Owl, GH05-40 known by RAPTOR volunteers as “Junior”, has been around for a while. First admitted as an orphan, he never really got a chance to learn from his parents how to fly and catch prey. We tried to “hack him out” by releasing him but continuing to leave him some food on the roof of one of the mews. He kept hanging around Covered Bridge and we noticed a problem with one of his eyes. He was captured and, after a visit to the eye doctor, he received eye drops for a couple of weeks. He still has what looks like a cataract forming in one eye, but is otherwise OK and was released by Vicki Peck. |
