On April 1st I was able to catch an injured Red-tailed Hawk near the DNR station at Hawkeye WMA. Thank you Katie Pletcher for getting me Rick Hollis' phone number so quickly. Thank you Rick Hollis for getting me in touch with the couple from Iowa City who initially took the bird. That couple got the hawk to the MacBride Raptor rehabilitation center. I cannot remember the name of the couple, but they deserve some thanks as well.
The staff at the rehab. center said they did not have high expectations for the bird. It had deep puncture wounds on its breast and a broken radius and ulna. It required around the clock care for the puncture wounds so they would not get infected. They eventually set the wing and it recovered. They sure do some great things at the rehab. center! A special thanks goes out to them. At Hawkeye WMA it bursted out of the carrying container and flew up into a tree. I have never seen an animal so eager to be liberated! Best of luck on its second chance at life! Brandon Caswell Cedar Rapids --- 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]
