Month: December 2011

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You do not need to have a facebook account to see the video of Violet in WINORR’s latest entry. Some mac users may have to install a flash component to see the video. I did. It only took seconds to install.

Per Cathy Horvath in an email to me earlier this morning, “This is Violet eating her medication. I cut a mouse into 3 pieces and put her pain meds in one piece and her antibiotic pill in another piece. She is a very good patient!”

She is eating mice on her own but getting hand-fed the bits with the medication to ensure she is getting her meds.

Keep checking their facebook page for more up-to-date news on Violet and other animals they rescue and rehabilitate. They have great stories and photos there.

Here’s a recent photo of Violet courtesy of Cathy Horvath:

Continue to the full post… “Video of Violet eating her medicine in a mouse”

Bobby palled around with a new red-tailed hawk friend today in Washington Square Park. All signs indicate the new hawk is Bobby’s new mate. They hung around together all day. They flew together, perched together, fought off dive-bombing peregrine falcons together, did a courting talon-lock dance in the sky together, and ended up roosting together in a tree. If this new partner ‘keeps’, we’ll most likely see new eggs in the spring.

I first saw Bobby tucked onto a cornice at the eastern side of the park:

Continue to the full post… “Bobby and his new mate(?) – December 25, 2011”

Good morning and Merry Christmas. The report from the Horvaths is that Violet ate well last night and was given pain medication and antibiotics. She is resting well.She was skinny but surprisingly not emaciated so she had been getting some nutrition out in the wild (most likely in the form of small mice she could swallow whole since she had so much trouble holding and tearing into prey as large as rats).Her good foot is in pretty bad shape in all actuality. It does not have much mobility so it was surprising how well she was able to hold onto perches. She is able to balance on her own though as we’ve seen in the wild.She is in a quiet, calm place so she can rest.This post will likely get updated with more info and perhaps pics so stay tuned.