View Full Version : Injured Red-Tail
bolden
12-22-2007, 10:13 PM
I was driving to a field that normally has hawks hunting near Davis and on the way this red-tail hawk was in the middle of the road. I slowed down and pulled over as he just slowly walked off the road. I wasn't sure if he had been hit or not so i went out to see if he was alright, and from the looks of him he had no obvious damage to his wings or any other part. I decided to call the animal services, and while i was waiting i decided to take some pictures. He never once seemed at all afraid of me, and even as the lady from animal services put a net on top of him he never struggled. She took him straight to the nearby college that has a vet office, so hopefully everything will turn out fine for him.
All of these were taken with my d300 and 300mm f/4.
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Ed Wahl
12-22-2007, 10:49 PM
Obviously injured or it would never have stayed there. You made the right call, the U.C.D. Raptor Center is the best in the country for taking care of injured raptors. I picked up an injured Kestrel years ago, that's when I found out about U.C.D. Did they tell you what an injured hawk is capable of doing to you? I ended up with quite an education after my rescue. Ed
jhaquett
12-23-2007, 12:19 AM
Poor little guy :(
Good work, though :D
Paul B.
12-24-2007, 08:19 AM
Hey Ben, Do you have the number for the center handy? I have taken birds to the Suisun center before but it would be nice to have the UCD # handy if needed. Thanks. Paul
Bill Kiene semi-retired
12-24-2007, 10:31 AM
We had an mocking bird in our back yard this fall that had an injured wing.
I was running around our back yard like a chicken or road runner?
I fed it and I think it somehow got better and flew away.
Now I am going to get a bird feeder out there so the local birds will have some food for winter.
I wonder if that was a young Red-tail Hawk?
bolden
12-24-2007, 01:35 PM
Hey Ben, Do you have the number for the center handy? I have taken birds to the Suisun center before but it would be nice to have the UCD # handy if needed. Thanks. Paul
Here is the contact page of their website.
http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/ars/contact_info.html
Bill,
It was definitely a juvenile red-tail, although i am not sure how young it actually was. He was pretty big and looked like he was in good shape.
Very beautiful Bird !!!
Sure glad you were able to help it . :D :D
I-5 North is very tough on raptors , :cry: I have unforchently hit at least 10 with my big rig over the years . :cry: Mostly Owls in the early am on the way to Redding .
Ed Wahl
12-24-2007, 04:57 PM
Yeah those Barn owls really take a beating on the stretch between Sac and Stockton too. I've noticed that when the hawks are keyed in on a target nothing short of an air horn will get their attention. The air horn always works, provided you can spot them in time. Ed
Paul B.
12-25-2007, 09:39 AM
Thank you Ben, Here is a link for Suisun center if you need it. They do a lot of rescues here. Paul
http://www.suisunwildlife.org/wildmain.html
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