The Week in Review
The Pendleton center has been a busy place even though we are not able to admit birds from Washington. Fortunately, between Samantha, Tricia and intern Jordan, we have lots of help. “The Board,” above shows 6 Robins, 2 Cliff Swallows, a Barn Swallow, a Scrub Jay, 5 House Finches and a Black-billed Magpie, in addition to an American Red Squirrel. The first feeding of the day is at 7 am. The last feeding is at 9 pm. The Board makes it easy to keep track of who needs to be fed and when.
Intern Jordan
Jordan has gotten quite skilled at feeding baby birds! She is feeding the house finches fruit blend above. They also get formula especially suited for finches.
Crow Release
Crows are very family oriented birds. Tricia drove to Starkey to return this Crow to his family.
Banding Red-tailed Hawks
We band all raptors prior to release in an effort to gather information regarding how they do after release and where they go. This is one of the hawks released from a hack box.
Nestling Scrub Jay
This downy guy fell from his nest which was too high to access. He favors his right leg. A radiograph showed some damage to his pelvis, but with luck it will quickly heal. We call it baby magic!
Emaciated Red-tailed Hawk
We have been treating this hawk for nearly two weeks. Emaciation is a very challenging condition. Initially we were not very optimistic he would survive. Now we are cautiously optimistic. He weighed 652 grams when admitted. A normal weight would have been about 1000 grams. We needed rehydrate him before we could start giving him solid food. He lost weight the first 6 days, but then started slowly gaining weight. As of today, he weighs more than he did at admission and his attitude is much improved.
Happy Fourth of July Holiday!
