High wind survivor

After a very specialized treatment plan, the eagle recovered and was transported for release.   The eagle flew to a large cottonwood tree looked around for about twenty minutes then took off for parts unknown.  

Seen in the daytime more often than other owls, it was a brief stay for this Short-eared Owl.

During an overnight rainstorm a large cottonwood tree fell across a swiftly flowing ditch in Fallon. The next morning a passing bicyclist noticed a injured hawk on the downed tree and notified Department of Wildlife. The responding biologist while cautiously balancing across the tree over the still flowing ditch, retrieved a Swainson’s Hawk.  At first…

While at DVWR this baby owl will be fed a specialized diet to strengthen bones.

After months and months of care and learning to hunt for themselves numerous owls were released back into the wild.