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The Medicine Bird

10,000 Birds

The white redtail couldn’t fly because she’d spent somewhere between 14 and 24 hours on the ground in freezing rain, encased in mud, and was suffering from capture myopathy, a sometimes-fatal condition induced by stress. Death can occur instantaneously, or days/weeks/months later.

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Maine’s Great Black Hawk – Rescued!

10,000 Birds

The general mood was one of gratitude, and everyone passed camera lenses and binoculars back and forth to share the experience. Together, they worked with a team to transfer the bird through a sleet and freezing snow storm to Avian Haven , a wild bird rehabilitation organization. Great Black Hawk in Portland Maine.

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