Was working,


at Birds of Prey, today, and was there for the afternoon feeding, in the ICU. Saw a couple of girls (well, young women), skinning rats and cutting the meat off the bones with some poultry shears and putting it in bowls for the 'patients' which included a brand new Golden Eagle. He was SO big and beautiful! Was brought in with lead poisoning (they learned the problem from a blood test), but seems to be doing much better. Watched 'em wrap up a Great Horned Owl, and feed it 'rat bites' with a hemostat. I think the Navi language, from 'Avatar' comes from owls, with the clicking and hissing . There was a kestrel, (see pic) wild, outside, who was hanging around, stealing food and catching stray mice, and some of the raptors inside, saw it through the window, and got all riled up. Quite a place, out there.

Comments

ladyj said…
you lucky son of a buck. Do they have any conclusion for the lead poisoning? Do they get many birds with lead poisoning? Do you ever have an opportunity to ask questions? That's what I'd be doing.
Fam Guy said…
Yeah, I asked, and they said he's probably ingested lead pellets from eating something that's been shot w/a shotgun.

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