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Turkey vulture Rescue

This turkey vulture was shot with an arrow. A concerned citizen reported the birds distress to the Napanee O.P.P. detachment It was rescued by an O.P.P. officer who kindly brought it to us. The wound was infected but after treatment with antibiotics  the bird recovered. Much to our surprise no damage was done to any major nerves or blood vessels and the bo0nes of the wing were intact.  Luckily for the bird the hunter was a poor shot.

After two weeks the Vulture was released near where  it was found along.

Here is the release!

The Phoenix Aviary

This was an exciting day. The aviary for large birds of prey has been finished and Janet is ready to release a Red-Tailed Hawk .

The hawk, who was hit by a car, has been in a smaller aviary and now needs more room to fly to be in good condition for release. This new aviary was started by the students of the Environmental Group at Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute in Kingston. It is 100' long and 18 ' high. Janet has completed this in the last  6 months almost single handed.

Bald Eagle Release

This was our first Bald Eagle admitted in the winter of 2005.The Eagle was found on the ice by a fisherman and easy to catch.  He was dazed and very easy to handle and examine. Something was wrong but we never found out what it was.  The next morning he was a different bird, and gave us a hard time when we examined him again. We put him in an inadequate sized aviary which was the biggest we had but he refused to eat. Reluctantly we realized we had no recourse except to release him and hope he would be able to fly.

Here is the release. as you can see it was successful although I had nets handy in case we had to try and retrieve him.

He flew off without a backward glance!