http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-14396400 Nice release video

It is thought the falcon injured itself in pursuit of a pigeon

By Evie Uretsky of Ohio

When I lived in Northern Alberta, I had the unfortunate luck of striking a Swansons Hawk with the upper part of the windshield of my truck.  I watched in utter horror as the bird hit the gravel road and rolled several times. I immediately stopped my truck and backed up to check on the bird.

When I got close to the bird, I noticed she was still alive, so I opened up the back of my truck and got out a box large enough to put her in, but not big enough for her to move around in to hurt herself further.  She allowed me to gently fold her wings into her side and pick her up and place her into the box. The next thing I did was rush home with her and brought her into the house and closed the door to the room so she wouldn’t be bothered by my cats.

She Ate & Drank Her Fill

I then picked up the phone and called the wildlife rehab center in Edmonton and they instructed me to call one of the vet offices in Edmonton on Monday.  Since this happened late on Friday and I was not able to make it into the city by the time the office closed, they instructed me as to what she could eat over the weekend.  I cut up some pieces of farm fresh chicken breast meat and she took it readily from me without showing any signs of fear or aggression, almost like she knew I was only trying to help her.  I then used a water bottle (the type used for biking) and slowly dripped water along the side of her beak and she drank her fill.

That Monday I took her to the vet where they were able to do x-rays and told me that she had a slight fracture to her pelvis area and would require 6-8 weeks of strict cage rest. Once she was healed up, they were going to release her back into the wild.

From Care2

Rhea Mae and Tiago just at nest. A little Bonding going on!  

  WOWEE WOW WOW!!!!  That's alot of pics and alot of effort.  Thanks for sharing Patti.   

Putting that album together is like a JOB!!    I'm only on #208

That was amazing. Looks like she will heal just fine. Great job!! Thanks Ei.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/outdoors/52303803-117/bird-blue-heron-utah.html.csp Pretty Heron

http://www.kionrightnow.com/story/15205788/mutilated-owl-found-in-gilroy 

Wildlife rehabilitators near Astoria are trying to patch up two severely injured seabirds, the sole survivors of two recent attacks on the Long Beach Peninsula.

On July 23, a volunteer who scours the beach for birds spotted an older man and his wife in a green jeep plowing through flocks of Brown pelicans and gulls near the Ocean Park entrance. Seven gulls were killed and one survived though it’s not clear it will ever fly again.

On July 29, he found another gull in the same area with a fractured wing bone from a pellet shot.

Then on Monday near the Bolstad Avenue entrance to the beach, the volunteer discovered six dead gulls in a pile, with car tracks engraved on their bodies.

The birds are protected under the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, making killing or harming them a crime. But every summer volunteers from the Wildlife Center of the North Coast near Astoria recovers birds injured by drivers on Long Beach, where the speed limit is 25 mph.

“People run them over all the time,� said Sharnelle Fee, director of the Wildlife Center of the North Coast where the survivors are recovering. “If you’re exceeding 25 mph the birds can’t get out of the way.�

California and Heermann’s gulls were hit in both incidences, including young birds hatched in the spring that were on their first migration north to learn foraging and survival skills on the beach. The bird that was shot was a Thayer’s gull. It has two fractures and its wing is wrapped. Fee said it may fly some day.

No suspects have been identified, Fee said, even though the first instance happened around mid-day during a busy sand castle event on the beach.

“There were a bazillion people out there,� she said. “It’s bizarre that no one confronted them.�

The wildlife center is offering a $500 reward for any information about the bird strikes that leads to an arrest. Call Sgt. Dan Chadwick of Washington state Fish and Wildlife enforcement at 360-581-3337. 

I'm getting madder by the day!!

The Oregonian

[Nora, are you all healed yet? Hope your back on your feet again. Have a great Birthday.]

Nora, are you all healed yet? Hope your back on your feet again. Have a great Birthday.

So that was Cinnamon at the nest today!! 

[534 pics!!!]

534 pics!!! This will take me until Saturday! Maybe by then, Shaky will be working on his Alaskan trip!! NO, it's more like this!!

Great pics Donna...I'm back on forum. New profile and new name...after I had my laptop refurbished all my remembered passwords were gone and I so locked myself out of this one I had to start all over again.
Yikes!  Ginny 

I had a feeling Ginny, who else would call them self littlejemison!! Only YOU!! 

Juvie at nest now.

http://www.vwggemertslechtvalk.nl/nieuws/26-nadere-info-over-s2.html S2 and her X-ray

I finally found a reliable WiFi hotspot and was able to remotely log in to the computers at Times Square to reboot them. Streaming video is working again.

Only you Shaky!