Spoke with the Texas rehab folks and she doing well flying on the horizontal but still needs more work being able to fly upwards - they would like her to be able to get a bit higher (over 10 feet) with ease - that would assure them any bruising to the soft tissue around her shoulders has resolved itself. If she got bonked in the head by hail, her shoulders likely got bonked/bruised (no breaks found her remember) as well. Vertical flight is tough - takes a lot of skill and strength to do - she has the skill but with a bruised shoulder, she would need time to get back to full strength. She's eating 2 quail a day and her weight is right up there were it should be. Fortunately, she's a smaller female peregrine - I think I mentioned that when she first came in, they though she was a he by the size. Anyway, this is why rehab for birds is a slow process, lots of waiting and watching. All is going good and they are confident she's going to be re-released it is just a case of when. We really are still early days in the nesting season so she's still find for raising a family if she's released in the next month and if she misses this nesting season, there is always next year and the extra time recuperating improves the odds she will be back to nest again.
