Thread: Peregrine Falcon

Last night I was driving around at work looking at all the beauty that God has created. I saw 6 white tail bucks, a hen turkey with 7 chicks following, gold finchs, indigo buntings, alot of rabbits. While I was watching a deer I saw something jumping around, and saw it was a bird with a broken wing. I went to check it out and found that it was a Peregrine Falcon that had leg bands. So after about 20 minute of sweet talking to it I started petting it very carefully, and finally picking it up. I took it back to the break trailer and gave it some water. I called the DNR, and they gave me a phone number of an animal rehabilitation center in the next county. I called my wife and asked he she would take it there, and of course she said yes. Now it is getting taken care of!!

Picture taken when I picked it up!!

Pics with the state licensed rehabilitater.

The Peregrine Falcon is #2 on the protected list in the USA. #1 is the Bald Eagle!!

Thank you for sharing and caring.

Dave

Good on you! Not everyone would take the time to help out and make sure a wounded animal received help. Now, if that was a wounded deer, it may of ended up in my freezer

Thank you for taking the time to care.

Bob

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.

What a beautiful animal, well done rescuing it

This one's not as photogenic as a peregrin falcon, but I think that they're wonderful creatures:

SWMBO found this little one weakly flopping around on the slab of our out building earlier this week. The funny thing is that we'd attended a talk on local bats just last week! I don't know my bats, but I THINK that this a Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus).

We called a local bat hotline. Because there were no signs of injury, we were told that the bat was probably exhausted while migrating (it had been damned hot the previous nights), and were given directions on what to do. Long story short: it was stronger the next day, and had apparently "flown the coop" the day after that.

have always read to to steer clear of downer bats,could be dieing of rabies

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

have always read to to steer clear of downer bats,could be dieing of rabies

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

Originally Posted by Dzanda

This one's not as photogenic as a peregrin falcon, but I think that they're wonderful creatures:

SWMBO found this little one weakly flopping around on the slab of our out building earlier this week. The funny thing is that we'd attended a talk on local bats just last week! I don't know my bats, but I THINK that this a Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus).

We called a local bat hotline. Because there were no signs of injury, we were told that the bat was probably exhausted while migrating (it had been damned hot the previous nights), and were given directions on what to do. Long story short: it was stronger the next day, and had apparently "flown the coop" the day after that.

No sign of injury, lying on his back, with a look like that on his face,,,, fine the next day,,,, hell he probably just left a 4th of July party.....