Alix called to say she had a rehabbed RT ready to release anytime. So after some negotiating the best date, we have come upon Saturday the 23rd, (this weekend) at 3 to 3:30pm as the time. Knowing this is a great day to expect some final push days for BW's, we are going to pause and allow Harold Birch the opportunity to release it.
For any who may have missed the BW release, and those who wish to see up close the difference in size between the BWs we released last Saturday and the biggest of the Eastern Buteos, please come. With just one bird, we may be able to spend a little time looking closely at the markings that make Red-tails unique in the skies.
We don't start counting RT's until later in the season, so this bird will have some time to find it's place in the habitat, and decided on it's own when to join migrants as the weather cools, and urges them to move.
Alix is the Raptor rehabber of the Happinest Rehabilitation Team, for wildlife. Sherry Turner Teas deals with the songbirds, and many mammals as well. They continue to train and educate each time they release their animals back into the wild. Alix has facilities which help her to make the least human impact, imprinting on her wild birds. They are prepared in every way possible to return to a wild environment to live out life. Alix likes to release raptors at Soddy Mountain, because it is obvious that some raptors find support along this ridge for their long trek south in migration.
Come join us for prime time hawk watching, and bring friends! Introduce new people to the watch, or to the rehab/rescue part of conservation.
Can't wait to see what the counts were today.
Because the counters spent a long day today, and all day they-
KEEP LOOKING UP!!!
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