Thread: Peregrine Falcon

Thank you for helping such a beautiful bird.

Here in Jackson we have a building that falcons come back to year after year to nest. There is a live feed of them every spring raising the chicks. It is really something to see them during feeding time.

Great save Walter. Does the heart good to pick up something so fantastic and help it out doesn't it ?

Here is my save story.

Great Grey Owl 2005. Hit by a car. He spent 8 weeks with me and then I found a place to take him. I got him past the concussion he had but then he needed to be in a flight cage for awhile.

Originally Posted by Dzanda

As we learned at the talk that we attended, rabid bats aren't common; less than 1/2 of 1% was the number quoted. Still, they do have teeth and claws, so the recommendation is to only handle them with thick gloves or a thick towel. Our bat was so weak that we simply scooped it up without touching it.

Here's some good info: What To Do If You’ve Found a Bat

If it ain't flying around,laying on the ground,something is wrong with the critter,would not go near it.JMO

I picked a bat out of the water at Lake Powell a few years back. Put it on some rocks on shore to dry out and left it. Did it all with a swim fin.
I get home and read that sometimes they give birth in water. Oh well I meant good but think twice about what I do with critters now.

Wiki quote
"" the source of most human cases in the U.S., are bats. Nineteen of the twenty-two human rabies cases documented in the United States between 1980 and 1997 ""
I have no idea why there are no recent stats. :<0)

Last year there were only 23 lightning fatalities. It's safer to pick up bats than run around outside during a storm with a golf club in the air .

Originally Posted by Dzanda

Ya done good there, Walt! Good on ya!

It's funny that the rehabber's using a handler's glove, while you used your bare hands...well done!

Any info on the bird's prognosis? I know that while some wing fractures are amenable to repair, many injured birds never fly again. My wife and I did done volunteer work for a wildlife rehab out in western Virginia, and many of the injured birds wound up as permanent residents there.

I'm calling tomorrow to check on it. I will keep everybody updated!

What an incredible, majestic animal, a true master predator. Good on you for saving it!

Originally Posted by 10Pups

Great save Walter. Does the heart good to pick up something so fantastic and help it out doesn't it ?

Here is my save story.

Great Grey Owl 2005. Hit by a car. He spent 8 weeks with me and then I found a place to take him. I got him past the concussion he had but then he needed to be in a flight cage for awhile.

Great save!! And yes it does make me fell good in my heart to have a hand in getting one of Gods majestic creations help!!

Fastest animal on the planet, your falcon. Clocked 242 mph in stoop (the dive for prey). I hope they get him back flying and let him go where you found him. They mate for life so he has to get back to momma. Or visa versa. Being banded they probably know who and where that is.
Like me they hunt ducks :<0)

Alot of good came from this action, because the guy with me got to to see a person that hunts, traps, and fish caring for a wounded animal. He asked me how I can love animals so much, and still hunt, and trap. Here is my answer to him, and anybody on the forum that is wondering the same thing.

Yes I love animals, but it is very important in controlling the population of animals based on the habitat, and what population that habitat can support. If we fail to do so the animals suffer from hunger, sickness's. Then they come to where humans are, and start eating our cattle, pets, trash, and even attacking our kids. We want to blame the animals and it is't their fault, it is ours. Because we don't control the populations. We are every day taking more of the animals habitat, developing it for our wants, but the animal population keeps growing. God said for us to tend this world and everything in it. Sorry about my writing skills I just have a hard time with putting my thoughts to words.

You said it well .