Fern is a young male Barred Owl found by the roadside eating carrion.  His right wing is broken in several places.  We've done our best in surgery to patch him up, but it doesn't look like Fern will be flying again.  He has quite a bit of pain from nerve damage which we are addressing with homeopathic remedies and flower essences.  He would appreciate your prayers, wishes and healing.

 

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This is Krishna the Great Horned Owl.  He needs a miracle.  The ulna and radius of his left wing are broken.  He has had two rounds of surgery, but in the end the two bones "tented" up out of alignment near his elbow.  Can we bring these bones down into alignment, eliminate adhesions and scar tissue, heal the bones which may be as much as an inch too short, supply blood, nerves, working muscle, ligments and tendons to the whole wing and get him flying again???!!!  If not, we must place him in an educational setting, which is difficult for a bird and difficult to find.  Please give us feedback on Krishna.  He is currently receiving homeopathic Bryonia for his feather picking, nervousness, pain and his understandable crankiness.

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Jay Setera -who found wounded
Moose with Ellen

Timothy Tiernan w/hat
and Kevin Rizzo

Moose the Great Blue Heron

A young boy found 'Moose', the Great Blue Heron with his throat ripped open and his tongue hanging out of his throat. Ravensbeard rushed Moose to the Vet. It looked like he might lose his tongue, but the surgery went well and his tongue was kept, though a bit shorter as the tip of it had died. Moose has been eating well & gaining stamina. However, this week the stitches pulled loose and Moose ended up at the Vet's again for more surgery. This work was very tricky because there is so little skin along his jaw. Please help us to help this heron with your prayers and also your donations to cover his surgery, daily bucket of fish, & soon, a plane ride South for the winter.

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	Update Jan 3 2007 Moose sailed through his third surgery on January 3rd up at the Cornell University Veterinary School.  The docs came up with a different way to stitch his throat back together.  They also rigged some sort of "clamp" so that the pressure of eating doesn't pull the stitches out.  He continues to do well and is winning many new friends up at Cornell.  If this procedure works then we will take him to Delaware to the Tri State Bird Refuge where he can winter over in more luxurious and warmer surroundings, perhaps even get some wing exercise! Jan 13 Well…….. Moose the Great Blue Heron is home in Saugerties for 36 hours awaiting his departure to the Tri State Bird Rescue in Delaware. He has spent the last few weeks at Cornell Wildlife Rehabilitation Lab for his 3rd and last surgery to repair his open throat. A great big thank you to Erin Schantz-Hilton for driving him up there just a few days after Christmas and finally, Barry Knight for picking him up and delivering him home safely. Saturday, morning at 9am we will have a farewell gathering, photo op. and will be loading Moose into Kristine’s car for his last automobile ride towards freedom. Jay Setera will also be joining us to tell his story of how he caught and brought the Heron home. Maybe he’ll share the secret of how Moose got his name. Moose will spend approximately one week of conditioning his muscles and wings to insure a successful release back into the wild. Great Blues are permanent residents of Delaware so he will resume doing what GBs do for the winter, and will hopefully return back home in the spring. Tarak Kauff is his personal chauffeur in taking him to his final destination. We want to thank the entire community for all your concern, support and donations to feed, clothe and drive him to and from his many doctors’ appointments. The responses from our fund raiser mailing, and website updates have truly been remarkable, letters and emails have been pouring in. Even some of his meals were donated by Gander Mountain, they know me when I walk in with my bate bucket and ask how Moose’s doing. This magnificent bird has captured the hearts of us all. Out of all the herons I’ve tried to rehab, this guy has been the most resilient. Great Blue Herons are very shy, solitary creatures and most would have given up with all the invasive human intervention. We’re so proud of our boy/girl for giving us the opportunity to share in his courage; how he defied death and rode out those challenges to bring us to the new beginning of his amazing story.   *Final UPDATE Moose was released in a marshy preserve a few miles from the rehab center in Delaware.  When he flew off he let out some sounds as if to say YIPPEE – I’M FREE and is there anybody else here?  They said out of all the Great Blue Herons they’ve released, he was the only vocal one.  Our Moose was very special!!!  Unfortunately they didn’t get a photo.

see more pictures of Moose on our Community Page

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Below is a poem written
by Dave Holden

for Moose

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