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This male coopers hawk was picked up by a police officer in Manhattan then brought to animal control.
Animal control in Manhattan drove to Bobby's fire house where Bobby was working to deliver the hawk.
He has some kind of motor grease all over himself . He smells like a car repair garage.







Animal control brought this coopers hawk to Bobby's fire house. The bird was covered in some kind of motor grease . Bobby and his coworkers gave him his first dawn dish washing liquid bath at the fire house. I picked him up the next morning and this is the pictures of his next bath. Hopefully after a few more baths we will be able to get all of this stuff off of him and he will be releasable.

        WINORR- Wildlife In Need of Rescue and Rehabilitation
        Cathy picked up these 3 surviving peregrine fledglings from a courtyard at the Nassau County Medical Center in East Meadow today where there is a nest on the 17th floor. There was a 4th that was doa for unknown reasons at this time. We will send it for a necropsy . This nest traditionally has its share of problems with frounce and the congested area causing problems for the young birds learning to survive on their own . 2 of them are in good shape and should be able to returned by DEC personal to a safer spot but the 3rd , the smallest, has a possible fractured jaw, a split upper palate from the fall, and a deformed lower mandible which might be causing a problem feeding since it was the only one on the thin side.  :crying:




From fb

I'm so glad they've been rescued and are in good hands.  What happened to the parents?

The first 2 are in good shape and the parents were nearby and will still provide food when they are returned as soon as possible. The nest is on the 17th floor and DEC personal will make the call as to where they are returned . Either back to the nest or on the roof but they will be back as soon as possible. The 3rd will need a little tlc before hopefully going back as well .The next few days there will be many more raptors leaving the nest for the first time and many will unfortuantely get into trouble .

Thanks Donna.  Must be hard on the parents too, losing so many chicks at once.  I hope they can get the two back as soon as possible. 

Probably real soon as they are fine. Just a quicky check up!

Putting all the WINORR stuff here.


 this poor girl was found under someone's deck .she has a terrible wound on her back and on all her legs and tail.
Bobby picked her up and brought her home to me . I brought her to our vet's office so I could anestitise her to be able to remove all of the maggots.
this is what the maggots have done to her flesh.

This is so sad and I think I'm gonna be sick!

She's so skinny, thankfully they rescued her. All cleaned up and De-Maggot-ized.

Poor little thing. Those wounds look very painful! Thankfully they are taking care of it and it will have a full recovery.  :hurt:

WINORR- Wildlife In Need of Rescue and Rehabilitation
These 3 peregrine fledglings came in earlier this week from a nest under the Van Wyck Expressway in Queens. This is the second year the pair nested there and the second year we rescued young from there. Last year 2 fledglings needed rescuing that came down off the overpass where the nest is into a very busy area not making for a safe area for youngsters learning to fly. After routine blood work was done we determined both fledglings had lead poisoning most likely picked up from paint where they were hatched and needed long term tretment to cure. This years were also tested and were positive for lead but within safe levels not requiring treatment . At first only 2 but recently the third was found to have frounce needing oral medication to treat . It comes from a parasite of the digestive system in pigeons who survive just fine with but other animals who ingest the infected area are also infected but the result can be deadly for all other species . We also see it commonly in immature or debilitated redtailed hawks and kestrels too occassionally. These 3 will require treatment and possibly training and conditioning if they cannot be returned shortly to the site where their parents remain.

   :wub:

Saw this on FB last night.  Those faces are just too cute for words! 

Sweetie pies!  :wub:

This female kestrel appeared Sunday night in a equipment tent at the Tony Awards being held at 75th st. and Broadway in upper Manhattan. A concerned couple Chris and Tony carefully picked her up and brought her home to Brooklyn last night and took care of her until they met me tonight to transfer for for some training and conditioning the next few weeks so she can be released back in the city. Times like this leaving a flightless scared little animal isn't the best option and they were right being worried she could easily been stepped on by the hundreds of people attending or hit by a car right outside. She will get a second chance in a couple of weeks. Thanks for caring and extending yourselves to care for her till we could meet you both.





  She's so adorable.

What a little doll!  :heart:

baby swan in surgery. Fishing wire wrapped around his tongue.  :(



Pick up your stuff people!

His tongue was just about severed!   :crying:

Poor baby swan  :hurt:

WINORR- Wildlife In Need of Rescue and Rehabilitation Later in the day we received this adult male peregrine falcon found sitting on a lawn in Floral Park . I took a few pictures after I got the bleeding to stop . It most likely crashed as he has a fractured wing which should heal without surgery and a tear which needed sutures to close . Hes home tonight upright and alert now.

Wonder who this is.

He's not in the database.  Glad he was rescued and will be taken care of  :sick:

he's from Connecticut Carly

I wondered if that's who he is, but wasn't sure if that was a 1 in front of the 4.  Thanx.

WINORR- Wildlife In Need of Rescue and Rehabilitation I received a call this afternoon about this hawk with a wing injury perching on the back of a bench inside the Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay. The extremely caring caller made it possible by going back and meeting me there to bring me to the location he had last seen it. After a search we were able to find her again where she had climbed up about 6 feet into a low sprawling cedar watching us the whole time . My vet is only 5 minutes away and I dropped her off for x rays and was shocked to hear it was shot and has a fractured radius and ulna of the right wing . No way, not in this place I said but most likely yes since the injury has left it unflighted unless it walked such a great distance and luckily ended up in this park. The weather was beautiful today and the place attracts a lot of photographers but only a few realized it was so seriously injured and needed assistance as soon as possible. Unless it had found roadkill it doesn't have the ability to catch any food in the condition it is presently in and is quite thin. We need to treat for infection and pain and build it back up and then possibly consider surgery to repair but it is a longshot it ever being a releasable hawk ever again.  :(

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A few days ago WINORR took in another hawk who had been shot, the second hawk to be admitted in less than three weeks. This is a juvenile male Red-tailed Hawk.

December 5, 2012

We received this injured redtailed hawk yesterday afternoon. It was picked up in Tremont Park in the Bronx by Parks Dept. landscapers and secured by Sgt. Michael Vincent of the Urban Park Rangers who called me to say he had a hawk with a possible broken wing. I brought it right to our vet and knew shortly after it had been shot. I reported it to the DEC law enforcement later on and today heard back they were aware of a shot hawk and were already on the case . Apparently the hawk flew into a large food warehouse and wasn't able to make it back out and a worker there was witnessed shooting it with a pellet gun "attempting" to shoo it out and accidently shot it instead. Once grounded the bird escaped the building but was lost until luckily found nearby yesterday . The alledged shooter has already been summonsed for intentionally shooting a protected animal and has an upcoming court date. From our experience it is extrememly difficult for agencies to solve crimes like this as birds can sometimes fly even after being shot so are not necessarily found at the original location of the crime but we are very satisfied with this outcome so far. Tomorrow morning the bird will have surgery to remove the pellet which is lodged in the wrist joint and needs to be removed for it to have the best chance for flight and release. The metacarpal bone is fractured but appears to be in good alignment and should heal on its own without surgery.

   

At least in this case they have found the alleged perpetrator, and it does sound as if the hawk will be able to make a good recovery.

I don't know how the other hawk is doing.

Good that he'll most likely fly free again!  :thankyou:

I'm getting real tired of people shooting at Raptors. It's so depressing. Thanks Alison.

 ~ :ditto: ~

:ditto: ~:ditto: ~

This has got to stop. I don't know what the hell is wrong with people these days :(

Yesterday we assisted with capturing a lone peking duck and a flightless canada goose from a completely frozen small local pond . The night before at least 1 fox and some racoons caught and killed 6 other dumped peking ducks that were defenseless with no open water to retreat to for safety . Sadly many of these ducks die from starving or domestic pet attacks yearly after they are no longer wanted and no permanent homes can be found for them leaving them to be abandoned at the closest body of water that can be found. The goose has a birth condition known as angel wing which causes developmental issues on wing feathers leaving them flightless but able to survive in a decent setting . It was not a pretty sight dead bodies and blood on the ice where they were chased and killed late Saturday night but scenes like this could be prevented if the unnecessary raising of these poor birds was controlled somehow. The goose was released as you can see in another larger pond where other waterfowl can survive as it always has open water despite the coldest of temperatures . The surviving peking duck will be held until it can find a new safe permanent home.



Footprints of the fox chasing the ducks in the light snow covering the frozen pond.   :(

Donna, how very sad!  Thank you for doing what you could to save the duck and the goose.   :'(

Very sad.  :(

yes sad but if things are so frozen the poor fox maybe having trouble finding enough food too. So I don't blame it.

I wish it was me Patsy, this is from their site.

Ah, okay.   :)

Just a few bunny rescues!  :o
  a couple hawk rescues
Their home was cut down, see, people don't look first!
no clue
Robins

almost ready to fledge fish crow with badly fractured wrist after fall from nest behind firehouse in Rockaway

4th picture looks they could be House Sparrows-their eggs look like that.

And Kris would know from all the sparrows that have nested in her blue bird boxes!  :yes:

Ah, yes!  7 nests we've removed so far this year!

merlin rescued from the dinner menu of a peregrine at sea: We picked up this adult male merlin last night from our friend Dennis who was on this trip yesterday and also noticed the commotion going on in the water a mile off the Atlantic Ocean . Seems the juvenile peregrine had hold of the smaller merlin and released it when it managed to fly out of the water . The merlin seemed soaked and couldn't manage to escape and was netted to safety. It has some injuries from being grabbed by the much larger stronger falcon including blood in its eye, a puncture wound on top of his head and torn flesh on its back above its tail from where it was held . Its a miracle its alive and after a shocky night was more alert and active today. It's still not out of the woods yet and has a long road to recovery but certainly would've eventually drowned if not plucked out of the cold choppy waters as it was pretty windy and chilly on the water .Thanks to all involved who cared enough and extended themselves to give this little fighter a chance .


the top of his head has a puncture hole where the peregrine sunk her beak into his scalp
having some quail meat for breakfast. you can see on his upper mandible the talon puncture from the peregrine attack. [right where the feathers start]

I did not get to see any whales or dolphins yesterday. I did, however, get to experience American Princess Cruises' first animal rescue at sea. The small sharp skinned hawk was rescued from the larger falcon. Kuddos to the crew on a job well done!


Wow see the Falcon?

 :wow: Those action shots are something! And what a lucky merlin to survive that attack!  :yes:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/firefighter-rescues-injured-red-tailed-hawk-nyc-building/story?id=36152023 (http://abcnews.go.com/US/firefighter-rescues-injured-red-tailed-hawk-nyc-building/story?id=36152023) 


https://www.facebook.com/aura.rosenberg/videos/10207389089419880/?theater (https://www.facebook.com/aura.rosenberg/videos/10207389089419880/?theater)
I'm sorry but that guy in the video was annoying.

I agree Donna-the left foot on that hawk had no talons.  :(

WINORR's response on FB to person's question are the talons missing-

WINORR- Wildlife In Need of Rescue and Rehabilitation Yes all the talons are there on both feet. Maybe it appears they arent but it is knuckling on the bad foot until it improves.

Wow, looks like they're missing.  :confused: