Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Believe it or not, this is a second Redtail juvenile

This one came into the office just a few minutes ago.  We checked it over, and decided to try to release it.  Joe took it outside, gave it a toss into the air, and off it soared.   It had been found along the side of a road, so probably just got the wind knocked out of it hitting a car.
Wonder what injured animal #3 will be - don't things come in threes?
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2 comments:

Celtic Hare said...

WOW!!!! Extraordinary close up!
:- D Do you folks normally keep a pair of welding gloves around? Just for moments like this?

:- D

December 16, 2011 at 7:11 PM
Guernsey SWCD said...

Please be careful out there! There seem to be a lot of juvenile birds who are not good at avoiding collisions with vehicles. We got another bird in this week - a Coopers Hawk - but unfortunately it had to be put down because the wing was too badly damaged. The Cooper seemed so small compared to the Redtails we've seen this fall. It was a very attractive bird, but looked tall and gangly. It had a long narrow tail with light colored bars across the feathers. I've learned to tell the difference between the Cooper and the Sharp-shinned, so that is a good thing.

December 27, 2011 at 3:48 PM

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