The Week in Review
Fortunately it was another quiet week with just three admissions. Great Horned Owl 19-578, a large female, was found hanging in a barbed-wire fence. The finders cut the fence to free the owl. There was just one small laceration on the underside of her right wing that was closed with several staples. The concern is for damage in the elbow joint. We will have to wait for the swelling to subside to better evaluate the joint function. Below Bob is anesthetizing the owl prior to her examination.
Red-tailed Hawk 19-569, an adult male, was extremely emaciated and we were not able to save him. Why the hawk had been unable to hunt was not apparent. A necropsy may provide some answers.
Red-tailed Hawk 19-580 was another gunshot victim. She was rescued by volunteer Mark near Sunnyside and transported to the Tri-Cities Center by volunteer Kenny Saturday afternoon where Michele and Laurel immobilized her broken wing. Sunday morning Kenny transported the hawk to Stanfield where he met Bob and I. Like so many other situations, it takes a village to operate a wildlife rehabilitation center. The hawk's left ulna is fractured and the left ulnar carpal is dislocated. It will be some time before we know if the wing will be fully functional.
