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Red Tail Hawk recovery
« on: December 30, 2016, 08:52:27 AM »
   Well, it is a tough winter here. I captured a starving Red Tail Hawk in my yard. The rodent population crashed this year so this guy and the stray cat were trying to catch birds that I feed outside my shop. The cat is fat from all the food I put out for the strays, not the birds. Anyway, the hawk is at a raptor recovery center now. This is the third hawk I have taken in over the past 5 years. The Swainson's Hawk I took in 2 years ago came back this year. It was really cool as he would come right up and sit on the porch railing. He would fly out into the yard and catch bugs then back up onto the railing. Really cool to be able to hold these birds and take them in to get care.   Neal

Pictures show the hawk with the cat as the birds fly off. I put him into my shop to warm up while I called the Raptor folks. Then it was time to put him into a box (thick leather gloves) and take a road trip. Dropped the bird off and left a nice size donation as these recovery folks work out of their own funds.
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Re: Red Tail Hawk recovery
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2016, 08:55:47 AM »
Thank you Neal, this is a great thing to do....... :hello2:
Happy new year to you.
Bill
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Re: Red Tail Hawk recovery
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2016, 11:35:37 AM »
Neal, thank you for saving that beautiful hawk!  Do you have information on where I can send a small donation to take care of your rescue?  I'd like to help them out in some way.  They do good work (so do you).   :occasion14:

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Re: Red Tail Hawk recovery
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2016, 02:40:59 PM »
   That is really nice to offer. I will see if I can get his address and let you know in a PM. These folks are almost all independent care takers. In this instance I took the hawk to a vet to get rehydrated. The veterinarian will pass the hawk onto the rehabilitator who will nurse him back until he is healthy enough to release. I think he does it this way so everyone does not bring critters to his door as he probably has a day job. thank you,  Neal
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Re: Red Tail Hawk recovery
« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2016, 05:44:46 PM »
Thats awesome!  Nice of you to help out, and great that theres someone locally who does rehabs for them.  Redtails are beautiful.  And your cat looks like hes more interested in watching the redtail do the work than chasing birds himself.  I think he knows theres a big bowl of food waiting for him!  LOL
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Re: Red Tail Hawk recovery
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2016, 01:03:30 AM »
AWESOME!   Thank you Neal for looking out for these beautiful creatures! :thumbsup:
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Re: Red Tail Hawk recovery
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2017, 08:43:25 AM »
Well done Neal! Your one of the good guys.

I am blessed to have many Red tails in my local area out here in the boonies. However, I also have a few Great Horned Owls in the area also, and the two raptors are arch enemies! It is not uncommon that 2-3 times a year to get a call from local neighbors within 5-8 miles away reporting that they have found a Red tail in the yard with its head removed! The body stays completely intact but head is severed nearly surgically! That is the tell tale sign that Great Horned Owl is in the area and the Red tail lost the battle! I have never witnessed the battle myself but have been called to at least a dozen "battle fields".  Upon closer inspection of surrounding tall trees, power poles and barn roofs one will always find the territory markers of a rabbit, ground squirrel or other mall animal draped at the highest point for other Owls to see! I have great reverence for  both birds.

Last year I was blessed to have a mated pair of Great Snowy Owls take up residence in an old barn 1/2 mile away from my home! Very rare this far south for mate pairs as they are quite singular most of their lives. Want to talk bout a huge bird!!!! So many friend s of mine say that the endless flat fields of the Midwest where I live are boring, I must say nay nay! This is the area where Rapters, and their quarry do the best!

Thank you again Neal for your kind actions!  , and sharing the photos!
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Re: Red Tail Hawk recovery
« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2017, 10:10:46 AM »
   Very cool to have Snowy's...  Here is my Flickr page with a lot of Hawk, Owls and other pictures.  https://www.flickr.com/photos/blueowyheegems/albums/
 As for Hawk Owl battles it is bad. Usually it only happens when food is scarce since they hunt at different times. I watched a Harrier eat a young barn owl while it sat on a fence post. I have Swainson Hawks, Kestrels and Barn Owls nest on my 10 acres. When the food supply is good they get along fine and even re-nest some years. We are on a down cycle now with almost no voles or field mice and we never have rabbits. The Barn owls nested once last year and left. The Swainson's and Kestrels did not nest at all. Some years we will see 50 hawk's fly through on their way to the Snake River Gorge to eat or get food for the kids. Maybe 5 birds on a big day last summer. Almost all the hawks are living on a diet of tweety birds this winter. I have about 100 quail, 300 doves and an unknown amount of small tweeters so the action is fast and furious some days here. Sad but it is nature's way.   neal
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