This adult female was found in Casper, Wyoming, starving. Her body weight was a mere 21 ounces. Radiographs showed a dislocation of the right shoulder and a possible broken bone in the same area. Unfortunately the shoulder did not resolve and she has a permanent droop to the wing. Although she retains the ability to use the wing, she cannot fully extend it, preventing normal flight.

Goshawks are very uncommon and challenging program birds. This individual is particularly accepting and has proven to be amazingly calm. She is still an accipiter however and thus incredibly athletic and agile despite her disability. She is a great eater and now has a healthy female weight of around 40 ounces.

Cooper's Hawks are very active, intense birds in the wild and this one is no exception. He suffered a partial amputation of his left wing and, although he cannot fly for wild survival, he does just fine "flying" within his aviary space. He is remarkably athletic and is an important ambassador, as Cooper's hawks are frequent backyard visitors.

This female Red Tailed is a huge individual, weighing in around 4 pounds, as opposed to our local birds running around 3 pounds. She was injured in Wyoming in the fall of her hatch year (2007) possibly a victim of some kind of impact injury that left her with permanent feather damage.

We acquired her in a "trade" of sorts, as we sent our previous Red Tailed female to Wyoming to be a foster mom for orphaned Red Tails. Our good friend Susan Ahalt (Ironside Bird Rescue) in Cody had this bird to place at the same time, so we gladly gave her a permanent home. She is a magnificent bird, a commanding individual of a commonly seen species.

This is a fairly rare individual with a captivating appearance. Although actually a Red Tailed Hawk, this bird has a neural crest disorder resulting in her pure white feathers. As a young bird, she had some streaks of red in her tail however now she is totally white with the exception of her eyes, feet, cere (a fleshy ridge above the beak) and around her eyes, therefore she isn't an albino. It is called leucistic or leukistic from the root word leuk meaning white or colorless.

This bird was hit by a car in Wyoming and suffered a nasty fracture of her right humerous. The wing was pinned, she was given time to heal, and then it came time to pull the pin. Afterwards she was turned out into a flight aviary and re-broke the wing in the same place. The decision was made to put in a permanent pin and she was transferred to NBC. The pin didn't stay put however. In October of 2017 the pin came out about 1½“ and she got impaled on the pointy end through her lower jaw. Fortuntely the vets removed the pin and she recovered quite well.

This is our Christmas Roughie. He was injured in Wyoming, hit by a car on the LU Ranch south of Cody. His wing was badly damaged and had to be partially amputated.

He arrived during the rains of '05 in the height of the Christmas holiday. Although he made it from Cody to Salt Lake City just fine, his next flight to San Francisco was canceled (which made us all total wrecks) and he finally made it on the very last flight out of Salt Lake.

The Rough Legged Hawk is a breathtaking animal that has taken on his non-releasable job with dignity, charm and tremendous expertise. For a bird born high in the arctic, to accept a life amongst people is a huge accomplishment and he has our total admiration.

The Swainson's was found at 10 weeks old on the ground in Lindon, Utah with an open fracture of his left ulna and radius. He was taken to Second Chance Wildlife Rehabilitation and underwent a surgical repair of the injured wing. During the healing process the ulna and radius fused, causing his wing to rotate out at an abnnormal angle and rendering him flightless.

This kid had a rough beginning and we are still piecing together clues of his history. His diet was likely imperfect, as his humerous bones are bowed, a condition typically from a lack of calcium. When he arrived at NBC he showed no signs of being afraid of people either- good for us but unusual.

He is quickly becoming a favorite. He is very vocal-a typical thing for Swainson's. And he is an absolute peach on the glove; relaxing so much as to even fall asleep while on a volunteer's arm.