Juvenile Bald Eagle "Amp" who was electrocuted and is not releasable due to wrist amputations, during a training session with Rehabilitation Director, Scott Shimp.

Cape Fear Raptor Center Current  Patients

Week of December 24th, 2017
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New Admissions:

• "Riley"  Mature ​​Female Bald Eagle- Toxin exposure; admitted and hospitalized
• Great Horned Owl- Cause of injuries unknown, possibly hit by a car; admitted and hospitalized
• Red Shouldered Hawk- Hit by car with fractured right elbow at the joint; euthanized on arrival
• Turkey Vulture- Hit by Car with fractured wing; admitted and hospitalized

Total New Intakes for the Week:  4

Rehabilitation Patients:
American Kestrel  0
Bald Eagle  9
Barn Owl  0
Barred Owl  15
Black Vulture  1
Coopers Hawk  1
Eastern Screech Owl  5
Great Horned Owl  6
Merlin  1
Mississippi Kite  1
Osprey  3
Peregrine Falcon  0
Red Shouldered Hawk  1
Red Tailed Hawk  4
Sharp Shinned Hawk  0
Turkey Vulture  4

​Total Rehabilitation Patients: 48

Preoperative view of Barred Owl Surgery and Post IM Pin placement radiograph for planning

Cape Fear Raptor Center Current  Patients

Week of December 17th, 2017
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New Admissions:

​​Lots of Barred Owls- 6 in fact.  

• 1 Barred Owl died due to head trauma from a Hit By Car
• 1 Barred Owl was euthanized due to a horrible radius/ulna fracture and both eyes that had retinal detachments from blunt trauma.
• 4 Barred Owls were hospitalized, one had surgery for a fractured ulna, one was found hanging from a bridge from fishing line with a hook embedded in its wing, and the other 2 were hit by cars and suffer from head trauma

Eastern Screech Owl- Hit by Car with an open humerus fracture- Euthanized on arrival
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Eastern Screech Owl- Hit by car, Fractured radius and ulna in multiple locations in both bones;  euthanized on arrival

Two (2) Sharp Shinned Hawks- both with multiple fractures, one at the humerus, and one at the wrist; both were euthanized. The wrist fracture was taken to surgery and was euthanized during surgery when the injury was so severe it was not fair to put the hawk through the pain of recovery.

Cooper's Hawk- Illegal activity with a shattered humerus from a gunshot- euthanized on arrival

Great Horned Owl- Emaciated- hospitalized

Red Shouldered Hawk- Hit by car with femur and pelvic fracture; euthanized on arrival

Total New Intakes for the Week:  12

Rehabilitation Patients:
American Kestrel  0
Bald Eagle  8
Barn Owl  0
Barred Owl  15
Black Vulture  1
Coopers Hawk  1
Eastern Screech Owl  5
Great Horned Owl  5
Merlin  1
Mississippi Kite  1
Osprey  3
Peregrine Falcon  0
Red Shouldered Hawk  1
Red Tailed Hawk  4
Sharp Shinned Hawk  0
Turkey Vulture  0

​Total Rehabilitation Patients: 45

Cape Fear Raptor Center Current  Patients

Week of December 10th, 2017
New Admissions:
​​Red Tailed Hawk- Illegal Activity- Gunshot; Euthanized

Rehabilitation Patients:
American Kestrel  0
Bald Eagle  8
Barn Owl  0
Barred Owl  11
Black Vulture  1
Coopers Hawk  2
Eastern Screech Owl  5
Great Horned Owl  4
Merlin  1
Mississippi Kite  1
Osprey  3
Peregrine Falcon  0
Red Shouldered Hawk  1
Red Tailed Hawk  4
Sharp Shinned Hawk  0
Turkey Vulture  0

​Total Rehabilitation Patients: 41 
Releases:

• Great Horned Owl
• Red Tailed Hawk