Birders, Following up a call I received, I tracked down an injured snowy owl this morning. I met up with Kay Neuman from SOAR and she could tell the bird (young male) had been eating (by feeling its crop, keel, and breast muscles) and that its left wing injury had occured some time ago, as it had now healed over. It could not fly, so I am impressed that it was sustaining itself for this long. It was alert and bill clapping, so that is a good sign. Its left eye did not seem to be responding the same as its right, so I suspect there is some head trauma as well. We picked it up in a field near the intsersection of 250th and Union. I am wondering if this is the same bird that I had heard a few reports about a few weeks ago. It would be due east of the previous sightings by about 6 miles. I will try and keep you posted on its status in the days/weeks to come.
Bird on... matt Matthew T. Wetrich http://www.etsy.com/shop/NatureBMW?ref=si_shop Naturalist, Carroll County Conservation (712) 210-4614 --- Please contribute your sightings to our list; it is only as good as members make it! --- Birding channel recommendation for FRS/GMRS radio use: Primary selection; channel 5/0 , alternate selection; channel 6/0 --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union. Membership available on-line at http://www.iowabirds.org/iou/PayDues.aspx. ----- You are currently subscribed to ia-bird as: [email protected]
