The patient a Sharp-shinned Hawk spent a few days in the care center and regained her strength. She has just fledged this year and is learning the dangers of flying into new territory.
Here she is getting ready to go home. I drove her back to Woodburn and.....
Ana, Liz and Becky set her free.....
she came out of the box like a rocket.....
we watched her circle getting her bearings until she was just a speck in the sky.
Good work ladies !!!
A little more information on why the crows would mob her....
A small hawk, the Sharp-shinned Hawk is a regular visitor to bird feeders, where it eats birds, not seed. The male and female show a greater disparity in size than any other American hawk; the female is nearly twice the weight of the male.
she came out of the box like a rocket.....
we watched her circle getting her bearings until she was just a speck in the sky.
Good work ladies !!!A little more information on why the crows would mob her....
A small hawk, the Sharp-shinned Hawk is a regular visitor to bird feeders, where it eats birds, not seed. The male and female show a greater disparity in size than any other American hawk; the female is nearly twice the weight of the male.
2 comments:
What a beautiful bird! How lucky she was to have a group of helpers and healers to get her back up in the sky.
COol. The sharp shinned is not on my life list yet. What an honor and pleasure to serve.
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