Osprey and Baling Twine…..a deadly combination.
We admitted a young Osprey was on 7/21 after it was found on the ground near its nest just northeast of Fort Collins,CO. The bird was emaciated and suffering from …
Avian Influenza Outbreak Forces More Changes At The RMRP.
As the current outbreak of High Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) continues its North American expansion, the RMRP has been forced to make further changes to how we operate in preparation …
21 Orphaned Great Horned owls……..now what do we do?
Baby season is in full swing and we are off to a record setting start. We have admitted 24 immature Great Horned owls (21 still in house) weighing from 140 …
RMRP Collaborates on Children’s Book
Fort Collins, COLO. – A new book is hitting the shelves in Rocky Mountain Raptor Program’s gift shop now. Animal Helpers: Raptor Programs is a photographic journal that showcases the …
The RMRP Prepares for Avian Influenza.
PLEASE TAKE NOTE: The Avian Influenza that is mentioned in this piece is NOT the “Asian Bird Flu” that has resulted in human illness and deaths in Asia and other …
New Admit:GHOW 15-009 Trauma
Most rescues are simple. It starts out as a phone call about a raptor that is on the ground with some sort of injury. We dispatch a rescuer. Bird comes …
New Admit: FEHA 15-003 Trauma/Lead Poisoning.
One of our newest admissions of the New Year is a stunning, adult dark morph Ferruginous hawk that was found on the ground out on the northeastern plains of Colorado …
Climate Change and Raptors
This week, NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) reported that global temps in August this year have surpassed all historic heat records since records began being kept in the 1880’s. …
*UPDATE-AMKE14-091UPDATE*
*UPDATE* The young male American Kestrel that was admitted on 6/26 with severe spinal trauma, was moved this past weekend to a small conditioning enclosure in our flight complex. This …
Kids shouldn’t play in the street -(AMKE14-091)
This young male American Kestrel was admitted on Thursday (6/26) from Fort Collins,CO.The bird was found in the middle of the street and apparently been hit by a car. On …