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In early July, a baby Red-tailed Hawk was brought to RMRP from the Laramie, WY area.
The young hawk was just a nestling, and needed help after being found on the ground.
We are very grateful to the Good Samaritans that found this little one and called for help from Wyoming Fish & Game since this chick has trauma to its shoulder and many other issues.
The fall caused some soft-tissue injuries to the youngster's right shoulder. It also caused some of its growing feathers, known as blood-quills, to break. Growing feathers have a blood and nerve supply and can be very delicate, so impact injuries can cause these feathers to break and bleed.
The young Red-tail also had badly irritated skin on its neck and abdomen, possibly having been caused by black fly bites while the bird was on the ground before being rescued.
It's been a slow road to recovery for this little hawk. It took lots of hands-on, critical care to make sure all of its injuries had the best chance to heal while this nestling grew into a fledgling in our care.
Over a month later, this youngster is nearly healed up, working hard on learning to fly, and going to start on live-prey training soon to hone his skills for the wild.
THANK YOU for your continued support of our mission. Without you, these stories would not have such wonderful endings. You gave this little hawk hope. We hope to report continued improvement for this young Red-tail in the following weeks.
