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PA / Harrisburg - Rachel Carson Building - 2008-21
carly:
Hopefully she's hanging with a sibling, I worry about how she will survive on her own.
Here is an older story from earlier this year about a peregrine juvies artificial beak, we may posted this before but I couldn't remember.
http://www.starbulletin.com/news/hawaiinews/20090130_Wayward_peregrine_falcon_under_care_of_Honolulu_Zoo.html
Alison:
Still no sightings of Yellow Girl. I hope we will have some better news of her soon.
Pics of her before her injury:
Alison:
--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on July 18, 2009, 00:15 ---An eagle had its beak shot by a poacher and s/he got a prothesis ....
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I remember that story, TPC! I posted the link below on another forum at the time. The idea was to make life somewhat easier for Beauty, not to attempt to release her to the wild, where she would not have been able to survive. (http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/06/06/eagle-beak-prosthetic.html)
Back to Yellow Girl - I have the impression that not much is being done to try to help her at this stage. I feel that she deserves every possible chance. She is trying her best to survive on her own. Every beak injury is different, but I think it is very unlikely that her lower mandible would regrow. The keratin layers can regrow after an injury (although they don't always), but below those layers is a vascular layer and then bone. If the vascular bed is damaged, the beak will not regrow.
TPC, do you have any ideas about how to help her?
The Peregrine Chick:
An eagle had its beak shot by a poacher and s/he got a prothesis ....
Bald Eagle Gets Prosthetic Beak, Much Like Uncle Sam's Bionic Plasma Arm
Alison:
--- Quote from: Kinderchick on July 17, 2009, 15:12 ---This is very sad news, indeed! :'( How on earth could that have happened?! ??? Another bird of prey? Or humans?! And what are her chances of survival in the wild, even with intervention?! ???
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Poor little Yellow Girl. I think this probably happened in a collision of some kind, either with a building or possibly with a vehicle. I think it is less likely to have happened in a battle with another raptor, since they normally fight with their talons, not their beaks. Since the beak is extremely well supplied with blood vessels and nerves, any beak injury is extremely painful.
At least her parents are feeding her, although it is amazing that she is managing to eat. She would not survive in the wild with this type of injury. She is just learning to hunt for herself, and although she might be able to catch prey, she would not be able to tear up the meat.
If she can be caught and cared for somewhere like The Raptor Center, the Raptor Trust, or the Wildlife Center of Virginia, perhaps they will be able to help her.
She would not be able to be released, but she could still have a life at a wildlife centre, or possibly as an education bird.
I am hoping for the best for this little one. :'(
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