[Mnbird] How fortunate we are to have the Raptor Center and the WRC

Allen Batt snoeowl at aol.com
Wed Jul 17 11:03:51 CDT 2024


  I sat on a deck with friends and watched birds, each a stunning beauty, visit the busy feeders. It’s impossible to be unhappy around friends with bird feeders.
  At home, a talkative eastern screech owl, all beak and eyes, perched on our deck rail at midnight. Not the first night it’s done that. I see it flying out of a shed, but I never see it flying in. 
  A neighbor brought over an American Kestrel—a female with an injured wing. It had likely flown into a window or a wire. I called the good people at the Raptor Center and made plans to get the lovely raptor to them. The kestrel was feisty and I thought it had a good chance of survival, but it died before we completed the rescue trip. I’ve hauled many animals to the Raptor Center and the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. I should be used to their deaths, but I’m not.
  A chickadee feeds on a sunflower seed feeder each morning while I drink a cup of tea. No matter how many chickadees there are in this world, there’s always room for one more.

Al Batt
Freeborn County



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