20200114-Cooper's Hawk-1

Today, the SH rescue line received a call from Tara at Poet Biorefining in N. Manchester. There was a hawk in their parking lot that just hopped around and would not fly. We asked Tara to send a photo, and saw that it was a Cooper's Hawk. Tara and her team chased the bird around their parking lot, under two dumpsters, and finally caught him, put him in a box, and put the box in a dark restroom, while we tried to find a volunteer to pick him up.   After a half-hour, Tara called to let us know one of her managers, Keith C., lives in Fort Wayne, and was willing to drive the bird to Pine Valley vet for us. Hooray!  1/14/2020 The veterinarian exam determined that this young Coopers Hawk had an open wound on its right wrist area and a broken metacarpal bone. It is being treated with an antibiotic and medication for pain. The wound was cleaned and a dressing applied . Its right wing was also wrapped to keep this bird from further damaging its wing 01/19/2020 This Hawk continues it's treatment. It is eating well on its own and developing quite a feisty " Coopers Hawk" attitude 01/26/2020 This Hawk status remains the same 02/02/2020 This hawk continues its treatment for pain. It is eating well and getting feistier by the day 02/09/2020 This bird's status remains unchanged 02/16/2020 This bird continues to improve 02/22/2020 This bird was moved to one of our falconer's home. This will give the this bird more room to fly and regain its flight strength 03/01/2020 This bird's status remains unchanged