Red-Tailed Hawk Update and Back at It!

Hello all and welcome to March.

I took a 10 day vacation in February, it was lovely to escape for a few days. We had one of our regular volunteers house -sit while we were away and she did a GREAT job: thanks Lori. I had tried to make sure any new animals would be diverted to another facility while we were away. Thanks to the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park for agreeing to deal with any animals that were sent our way. It seems to have taken almost a month to get back into the swing of things after all of the catch up I had to do on my return, but I'm happy to report a return to regular "service".

Spring is just around the corner and I will admit to being very excited that the snow is disappearing. We have been in operation here for 11 years now and for me this has been the worst snow year. That also coincides with us having the most number of winter patients yet and the unexpected temporary illness of our snowblower. NOT fun trudging through thigh deep snow everyday to care for our outdoor guests. Of course the coming of spring means the start of busy baby season, so while spring is great, our workload will grow exponentially over the next few months. Stay tuned.

We have had a Red-Tailed Hawk in for the past 6 weeks that was found hit by a car behind the Truro Mall. Luckily someone spotted him and transported him to CWRC within the hour. His broken leg was pinned 2 days later and last week we finally removed the last of the pins. I'm happy to report he is doing great and will soon go to an outdoor cage to start using that leg more and more. He had a brief period where he wasn't eating and we had to force-feed him, but now that he is less confined he seems happier. We still grab him every 1-2 days to do passive physiotherapy on his leg ( which he hates!). I predict a full recovery and release in the next couple of months.

Thanks for tuning in and I hope to keep in touch regularly

Helene