CEDAR FALLS, Iowa --- A wild Peregrine falcon was released back into the wild last week by officials from the Black Hawk Wildlife Rehabilitation Project.
Iowa Department of Natural Resources officer Kevin Williams found the bird in a field near Grundy Center last October with a broken wing tip.
Officials noted that the falcon did not have a band, which meant he was born in the wild. He was released from the yard of Linda Nebbe, a rehabber with the group.
The group also released a saw-whet owl, rehabbed at McBride Raptor Center, based at Kirkwood College in Cedar Rapids. The owl was released in Cedar Falls because of a known colony of similar owls at George Wyth State Park.
The saw-whet came from Muscatine County with nerve damage to one wing, and is now recovered.
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