Injured Peregrine #568 Update
There's a video of Cinnamon and myself on Showcase Minnesota up over here.
Look who is looking bright eyed and feisty! Yes, it's injured peregrine #568! Today was just a plain busy day, I have to pack for my flight to Texas tomorrow and I had two programs back to back at The Raptor Center (the first was about 70 two year olds and then the second was a small group of senior citizens--talk about shift gears fast!). But in the middle of all that, I managed to pop down into clinic and get an update on the injured female tundrius peregrine falcon we have been following. Things are progressing well!
Here is an X-Ray that Alana took last week. If you recall from last time, they removed the large rod that was inside the leg stabilizing the bone, leaving in the two smaller titanium pins. When Alana took this X-Ray, she noticed that one of the pins had broken in two--note the pin on the bottom. That pin is located just below the healed up break. She's not sure how the bird managed to break the pin, but she decided to remove the remaining stabilizer. A tiny piece of one of the pins remained in the leg, but it will not harm the falcon in the long term (unless she goes through airport security).
The skin on the leg is pink and healthy and her feathers are growing back in (it looks much better than the first day that I saw her leg--bleh). She still has a long journey ahead. She will remain in a clinic cage awhile longer to make sure that she can move around and that the healed bone is stable. If all goes well, they will consider moving her to a flight room, but it's best to take the time to make sure everything is healed up.
All in all, very good news.
Look who is looking bright eyed and feisty! Yes, it's injured peregrine #568! Today was just a plain busy day, I have to pack for my flight to Texas tomorrow and I had two programs back to back at The Raptor Center (the first was about 70 two year olds and then the second was a small group of senior citizens--talk about shift gears fast!). But in the middle of all that, I managed to pop down into clinic and get an update on the injured female tundrius peregrine falcon we have been following. Things are progressing well!
Here is an X-Ray that Alana took last week. If you recall from last time, they removed the large rod that was inside the leg stabilizing the bone, leaving in the two smaller titanium pins. When Alana took this X-Ray, she noticed that one of the pins had broken in two--note the pin on the bottom. That pin is located just below the healed up break. She's not sure how the bird managed to break the pin, but she decided to remove the remaining stabilizer. A tiny piece of one of the pins remained in the leg, but it will not harm the falcon in the long term (unless she goes through airport security).
The skin on the leg is pink and healthy and her feathers are growing back in (it looks much better than the first day that I saw her leg--bleh). She still has a long journey ahead. She will remain in a clinic cage awhile longer to make sure that she can move around and that the healed bone is stable. If all goes well, they will consider moving her to a flight room, but it's best to take the time to make sure everything is healed up.All in all, very good news.
Labels: injured peregrine falcon, The Raptor Center
posted by birdchick at 5:40 PM
5 Comments:
And one more beautiful PF gets another chance!
Awesome!
Word verification: qtbut. How did they KNOW?
I sure would like to know when she's released. Would you let us know?
So nice to see our little PF gaining ground. I'm really curious about her, if I may and you have the time.
I know there is no worry about her imprinting, but how do these raptors in (temporary) captivity adapt to being around humans/being manhandled? Does she seem to get she's being helped? Or is she frightened/scared all the time? Are there noticeable changes in her behaviour - ie relaxing a bit more as time goes on?
And congrats with the book!
Lynne! It's great to hear from you--been thinking of you a lot.
I will let everyone know as much as I can about her release. It's too soon to tell when, where or how she'll be released. Depending on her recovery, she may be released at one of our our events or a private donor may get to release her. One of the ways you can donate to TRC is by giving money to release a certain species. Hopefully, it will happen in a way that some of us who were on the trip could attend.
And Dea, I'll do a separate post on her reactions to being in clinic--those are good questions. The short answer is that no, she does not realize that we are helping her. When we do serious inspections, we put her under so she won't know what's going on. But at the same time, she's learned that when the big things show up, they grab here--which is unpleasant, but she always survives so it can't be all bad.
Many thanks for this information, Sharon.
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