Had a lively day volunteering at the raptor center. The raccoons are at it again and the education department, regrettably, lost one of their birds. Those feisty little opportunists have found themselves a quarry of easily-targeted prey and are exploiting it big time. I'm curious to see how the staff at the center will combat them!
We (unfortunately) had another loss today. A beautiful male American kestrel had to be euthanized due to a severely fractured, non-repairable ulna. I was helping radiograph his injuries before it was determined that he had to be put down...
Poor little guy, gone to birdy heaven.
