There were five new admissions in the past week. Black-headed Grosbeak 25-016 struck a window fracturing his beak and rupturing both eyes. The damage was too severe to repair. American Kestrel 25-017 is in the clinic recovering from a left scapula fracture. He is eating well. We will have to wait until the injury has healed to know how well he will fly. Both the normal and fractured scapulas can be seen in the x-ray below.
Western Screech Owl 25-018 was found in a road. Although the owl did not appear to have any fractures, it died of its injuries during the night.
Immature Bald Eagle 25-019 was found along Interstate-84 near North Powder. The eagle had electrocution burns on her feet and was unable to stand. X-rays showed the lower part of her pelvis was crushed. Its hard to know exactly what happened, but she may have made contact with the power lines with her feet and then fell from the air hitting the ground tail first. Again, the damage was too extensive to repair. In the x-rays below the eagle is on the left and a hawk is on the right. There are fractures in the hawk’s ischia, but the bones are in relatively good alignment. The fractures in the eagle’s pelvis are comminuted which means there are three or more pieces at the fracture site.
A sketch of Golden Eagle LB by Tricia Marquez…
