Lynn's Journal
November 21 - November 27
A Week Of Hit By Car Victims
Admissions included a Northern Flicker, a pair of Western Screech Owls and a Red-tailed Hawk. The Flicker had fractured its right coracoid. We attempted to immobilize the shoulder by taping the wing to its body, but a jagged bone fragment at the fracture site severed a large blood vessel and the Flicker died.
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November 14 - November 20
The Week in Review
There were no admissions to the Pendleton center this past week. Work is continuing on the new Admissions Center. Samantha and Tricia have assembled the anesthesia machine in the Intake Building. We will install a bank of five cages in the Quarantine Building this week.
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November 7 - November 13
The Week in Review
Bird wise it was another quiet week at BMW. The Pendleton center admitted a Lincoln Sparrow that had likely been struck by a vehicle and died two days after admission. A necropsy revealed brain damage from the vehicle strike and a keel fracture from a previous injury. …
Oct 31 - Nov 6
The Week in Review
Open Containers of Motor Oil are Hazardous
First the Robin flew into a window in an attempt to escape a hawk. Then it fell into an open container of motor oil. After multiple baths in diluted Dawn Dish Soap to remove most of the oil, you can see it really does have a red breast. …
