Re: OT - bird drama

Mouse-cicles.  Frozen little morsels for the raptor.....ick.
We will end up taking him to a raptor specialist to make sure his wing heals
properly.  She'll splint it.  She raises mice just for her raptors to eat.



On 9/30/08, james singer <islandjim1@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Cool. Give him/her a mouse on me!
>
>
> On Sep 30, 2008, at 10:02 AM, Jesse Bell wrote:
>
> Wow...last night we rescued a Coopers Hawk:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper's_Hawk
>>
>> One of our daughter's is a police dispatcher and got a call from a lady
>> saying a hawk was in her back yard, injured, and she didn't know what to
>> do.  So, daughter called us.  Looks like it was hit by a car - bad enough
>> that it stunned him, and then while he was trying to recoup, something got
>> a
>> hold of his wing and broke it...two puncture marks. I guess it was tough
>> enough to fight off whatever was trying to eat him.  The break was not bad
>> and it's fixable.  One eye is bloody, from the pressure of being hit, but
>> still working and it will be O.K. again, eventually.  Poor guy......when
>> he
>> gets better we'll release him back where he was.  Such a beautiful bird.
>>  I
>> just love them.
>>
>>
>> On 9/29/08, Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Our heroes!
>>>
>>> Kitty
>>> neIN, Zone 5
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 8:18 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT - bird drama
>>>
>>>
>>> It took another 15 minutes but he finally got fed up and took off out
>>>
>>>> toward
>>>> the highway.  The blue jays came back and looked pleased w/ themselves.
>>>>  I
>>>> filled up their peanut dish as a reward for saving my whole flock over
>>>> here.  I just wish y'all could have seen it.  It was really something!
>>>>
>>>> On 9/29/08, Judy Browning <judylee@lewiston.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Great story Pam
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
>>>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>>>> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 3:33 PM
>>>>> Subject: [CHAT] OT - bird drama
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> There was a big red tailed hawk in my yard.  I was coming around the
>>>>>
>>>>> corner
>>>>>> out back when a bird went by me w/ the hawk in hot pursuit.  I stopped
>>>>>> dead
>>>>>> in my tracks and he veered off and flew into the big tree in the back
>>>>>> corner
>>>>>> of the yard.  That's the tree where my two pair of blue jays nest.
>>>>>> Well,
>>>>>> they started yelling at him and two of them dive bombed him from
>>>>>> behind,
>>>>>> hitting him in the back and the back of the head.  They kept at it
>>>>>> until
>>>>>> he
>>>>>> flew off.  He made a beeline across the street to one of Pat's trees
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> all
>>>>>> four of them followed him over there and now they are doing the same
>>>>>> thing
>>>>>> across the street.  It's noisy but hilarious.  They're gonna drive him
>>>>>> out
>>>>>> of the neighborhood if it's the last thing they do.  Talk about
>>>>>> fearless!
>>>>>> That would have made a great video.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Pam Evans
>>>>>> Kemp TX
>>>>>> zone 8A
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