Monday, May 14, 2012

Here we go again....

Sorry everyone, but this brand new computer keeps losing my posts as soon as I hit the publish key.  In fact, just now, with only a couple of sentences in place, it deleted everything and sent me back to 'new post'.  I hope I can make it through this without any further problems, including me throwing this computer on the floor
There has been a lot of things happening; way too much to try to post all over again, so I'll post a few things and that will have to be good for this current post.



Spring is certainly in full force; babies are everywhere.  Please, don't prune your trees or shrubs until late summer or early fall.  Babies in nests are occupying these places and we don't need homeless orphans that could have been prevented by just waiting to trim that tree.  Feeding every 20 minutes with some small babies isn't something YOU would want to do and we don't either.  Mom and Dad do a much better job than anyone could.  Please don't make our job any harder than it is.  Just be patient, they will be gone soon enough.
We are caring for orphan Great Horned owls, Starlings, unidentifiable Sparrows at this point in time.
The owls, came from different parts of the state.
Our Golden Eagle status has changed a lot, having released two of our Goldens recently.  We have another Golden that came in since the last post, that we are getting ready for release.  Our immature Bald Eagle is doing well.  We have some foot issues, but after those are resolved, she too will be ready for release.  The Bald we are calling Desert and the Golden I mentioned, we are calling Sia. 



We have a Red-Tail that came in as a gunshot victim.  This poor little guy, we're calling Axtell, had both femurs' from both legs shattered.  Surgery was performed on one leg, but the outcome is still questionable.  All those fragments in both legs was just a mess.  I can't believe how many gunshot cases I've had in that past few months.  Their total is more that all the other cases combined in all my years of rehabbing.  It's just sickening.  What has happened to the human population?


We are doing physical therapy on Axtell now, since his pins were removed last week following the initial surgery over a month ago.  Time will tell what outcome we will have.  Obviously, the goal is a release.
We also released our Great Blue Heron, Nadia.  It was a wonderful release in Moab.  I hope she has found her mate as I was told he continued to wait for her, being spotted where he and Nadia had been seen before.  Let's hope they found each other!









Well, I'm going to go add the photo's and that's going to be it for now.


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Thank you, Debbie


Feathered brothers and sisters, you came to us broken and as you bled…….we saw you desperate, dehydrated, desiccated, diseased, distressed, emaciated, famished, frayed, frightened, helpless, hungry, ragged, ravenous, shaken, shocked, shot, sickly, stressed, stunned, tattered, thirsty, traumatized, torn, weary and wounded. Defiantly, you stood us off with your last breath as we tried to tend to you. We saw you come in as cute, naked, fuzzy, cuddly youth, as mischievous, defiant adolescents, as fierce, regal rulers of the sky and as cunning, maimed elders whose time on earth was almost done. You endeared yourselves to us, bit us, charmed us, footed us, delighted us, hissed at us, talked to us, mantled at us, and graced us with your presence.

Some of you mended and were able to go on your way, never looking back. Some of you were injured in ways that prevented you from going, so you stayed with us to teach us…….And we came to love you. Others were too far gone, and you went home - where you fly free from pain with the Great One. All of you have touched us, and we are changed because of you.

used with permission by Arlene Powers


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