Injured Red-Tail

[bolden]

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]

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]

Poor little guy :(

Good work, though :D

[Paul B.]

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]

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]

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.

[Rob]

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]

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.]

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