A Week Of Hit By Car Victims
Admissions included a Northern Flicker, a pair of Western Screech Owls and a Red-tailed Hawk. The Flicker had fractured its right coracoid. We attempted to immobilize the shoulder by taping the wing to its body, but a jagged bone fragment at the fracture site severed a large blood vessel and the Flicker died.
Western Screech Owl 22-400
The owl was found on a road and is presumed to have been struck by a vehicle. Its left scapula is fractured and the left eye is injured. You’ll also notice in the photo above that the left ear tuft is laying down, another sign of head trauma. The owl’s left wing has been immobilized and it is receiving pain medication for the eye and scapula injuries which is making it feel much better and willing to eat. Now we apply tincture of time and see how it does.
Western Screech Owl 22-401
The second owl was also found in a road and presumed to have been struck by a vehicle. We found no fractures, but signs of head trauma and hemorrhage in the left eye. The eye is looking better with medication and the owl is eating. Another round of tincture of time and we will see what the outcome is.
Red-tailed Hawk 22-403
This adult female Red-tailed Hawk was found on State Line Road near Milton-Freewater. She has abrasions on both legs consistent with road rash. We presume she was struck by a vehicle. She has an abscess on her left leg likely the result of bite wounds, perhaps from a rodent she was trying to capture. The road rash is recent. The bites wounds are a week or two old. She is on antibiotics and pain medication.
