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Injured Osprey- what next?
The youngster appears to have a broken (possibly just injured) wing. It's from a nest we've been watching for months. He (she?) has only been flying
for 10 days or so.
It was grounded in our backyard sometime today. Our neighbor's boy was flagging a t-shirt at it, trying to get the bird to fly away. It flapped
it's wings but made no real attempt to fly off. It was holding one wing out awkwardly, which lead us to the "injury theory".
There a literally dozens of free-roaming dogs here, so the decision was made to secure him to safety under a large wooden crate covered with a
blanket.
It's safe, warm and quiet. We'll keep him there to rest overnight and see how he's doing in the morning.
If you have any advice, I'd sure appreciate it.
I've successfully rescued and released a lot of stunned birds... but never a bird of prey.
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do a search here. there was another case last year that didn't end so well.
nature will decide....
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Thank you so much, Woody... I read the thread.
Tonight he rests. Fingers crossed that he'll take flight in the morning.
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fingers crossed, indeed!
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Do You Have a Wildlife Rescue Organization Near You?
Do you have a way to cage or secure the young bird?
The sad fact is that if a bird shows any vulnerability, it will be, if you will forgive the image, recycled.
It is the law of the wild. Leaving a damaged bird unprotected outside just ensures the end, but that is not necessarily a bad thing, either.
It just depends on how much effort you are willing to put into rehabilitation.
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Feathrs, sorry to hear about the injured osprey. We had the same situation except no dogs around to hassle the bird. Here is the link to our thread
and I will send you a PM as well. Good luck. FF
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=56140#pid6674...
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
Do you have a way to cage or secure the young bird?
The sad fact is that if a bird shows any vulnerability, it will be, if you will forgive the image, recycled.
It is the law of the wild. Leaving a damaged bird unprotected outside just ensures the end, but that is not necessarily a bad thing, either.
It just depends on how much effort you are willing to put into rehabilitation. |
The osprey is safe for the night, but the crate certainly isn't large enough for any long-term rehab. If he won't/can't take flight tomorrow, I'll ask
hubby to build a temporary enclosure in our carport.
Sadly, we're headed back to the States next Thursday. It's unavoidable.
If he survives through next week, I'll need to re-home him. We have 2 neighbors who I'm sure would gladly step up and care for him, but they are both
in the States and won't be back for 1 and 2 months, respectively.
We'll also check with the locals here.
One day at a time....
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Thanks FF! You've got mail. ;-)
I'll update tomorrow.
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Good Luck with your wonderful bird.
Even injured they're magestic and its a privilege to be near them and help.
Here's the deal: they are fish eaters. You must get this bird fresh fish first thing in the morning. You cannot wait.
Keep bird safe and in a relatively quiet place, a room or a secured area in a yard. Don't keep him locked in a box.
If he doesn't eat he'll not live.
If he eats, he'll likely live, but he may not.
If there are extenuating injuries he may appear to be doing well, but suddenly die. This is the way with all birds; they don't display weakness if
they are ill. They just suddenly die.
Good luck and thanks so much!
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Thanks Mulegena! I'm confident we can meet his housing and nutritional needs... especially if he'll eat triggerfish or sand bass.
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Live baitfish would be a good choice of food.
It's called "Carnado" in Spanish, I believe.
How enticing, a little fish flopping around on the floor might bring a real smile to your young bird. Poor little guy.
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I fed Queeny...the injured royal tern...strips of calico bass on chopsticks to avoid her narly beak. We had her in the house as she liked the company.
When she gained strength and could walk around, she would waddle over to me and open and close her beak at me asking for food.
After a few days she began trying to fly in the house...the second day of that I took her outside and off she went...very gratifying....suerte
amigos...you will know if a few days if your bird will survive or not.
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Shari - now that is a good story !
Poor bird, Feathers .... if it hasn't flown by Thursday, let's get someone to supply fish in the mornings and I will "watch" it during the day .... I
have never done this before but am willing to give it a whirl ...
Les suggested it be taken to Dr Romero ???? He loves animals and can maybe give some advice.
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Update:
It appears his carpal (wrist) joint is broken. This little guy wants to fly SO bad.
We moved him to to ground and he made no attempt to bite. Just made sweet little clucking baby noises.
I tossed a triggerfish fillet at his feet and now 10 minutes later, he's got the fillet in his talons! I don't want to get too
excited, but that sure did make me smile. 
Unfortunately, I don't have windows on the back of our RV to watch him... but I'll sneak back and take a peek in a little bit.
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Thank you for sharing, Shari... that's a wonderful story and I'm so happy it had a happy ending.
Blanca: You are such a doll. Hubby just came back from Jose's house... and Jose said he'd be happy to care for the little guy! He loves birds and
I'm confident he'll make sure the youngster is fed fresh fish.
http://s794.photobucket.com/albums/yy228/mismadison/
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cool bird. thanks for trying to help.
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You know, woody... I consider it a privlege to assist this magnificent bird.
Here's my attempt at picture posting. You can see he's got a determined grip on the raw fillet.
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If you read the other post about care for injured birds, you'll see I saved an Osprey. My Mexican pal was the real saviour who, with his bare fingers,
removed the last 1/4 inch of necrotid flesh from the bird's tongue. He taught me that birds in trauma lose that all important part of the tongue,
won't eat, then they die.
Must be a place to research that. Must be vets who would know about that kind of holistic animal husbandry emergency care.
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I once rescued a pelican with a broken wing on the beach near Oceano. Some dogs were harrasing it. I grabbed it and took it to the vet in Arroyo
Grande. He taped the wings to the body, saying that was how you set the bone. On his advice I kept him in our garage 4 weeks. There was a small
fish market in Grover City. When I explained my situation they saved me the scraps, skins etc., from their filleting operation. "Pedro" ate them and
did ok. When I felt it was time, I got a pony keg of beer and a dozen friends and took Pedro to Port San Luis where an arm of the hills gives some
shelter. I cut the tape and let him go. He flew a short distance and landed on the water and floated away while we partied.
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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feathers ... did s/he manage toeat ?? what a beauty of a bird ...
and just to give you all some history - we have all here on the beachside followed these birds growth for weeks now ... we watched them sit and
squawk til mom and dad brought fish ...we watched them tentatively spread their wings in order to test them out and finally we watched as they took
their first flights. There were 3 baby birds in this particular nest, quite a treat. One of our guests made a video of them when they were tiny - I
don't remember how to load a video or I would.
I am so glad that Jose is experienced and can help the bird along.
So, the wrist is broken ???? meaning one of the talons is not functioning ?? but why then can't it fly ???
I will be over tomorrow to see what the latest update is ....
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