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Releasing rehabilitated birds back in to the wild is an amazing experience! Adult birds are typically released back from the area from which they came. They know the hunting grounds well and may even have a mate waiting for them! Orphans can be released just about anywhere there is suitable habitat for them.
Re-nesting Takes a Village
05/07/2023
Sometimes Soarin’ Hawk has rescues but the bird doesn’t need to stay at our facility…… can you guess why? Its because the bird gets renested! Yes, baby season has arrived. We’ve had several renestings in the past week. Here’s one, and we will share the other later this week! With this rescue, we would like to thank the finders of these young owlets and also Eli Romary, professional tree climber, who renested the owls. SH volunteer, Kim had this to say about the rescue: These two screech owlets were picked up within 24 hrs of each other, one in Auburn and one in Laotto. Both had somehow...Read more
Another Renesting!
05/07/2023
On 5/7, Soarin' Hawk received a call about a baby Barred owl on a porch in a suburban neighborhood. We went over to the house and saw the owl on the porch, looking scared, and found that the nest had two more siblings that were sitting on a branch outside of the nest, about 20 feet up.Wayne put his ladder against the tree and tried to re-nest the bird. Twice, he tried to put it back in the nest, and it kept jumping out. The owner of the property brought out a basket, and Wayne tied it to a branch right by the nest, put a towel in the basket, and put the owl in the basket. While he was doing...Read more
Release of Great Horned Owl 01102023
02/04/2023
Red-tailed hawk release
12/28/2022
Trapped Coop Set Free
12/28/2021
On December 28, 2021, the rescue line got a call from a foreman at the new Electric Works in Fort Wayne. A Cooper's Hawk had gotten into the building and couldn't get out. The bird was on the 5th floor, and the crew had already installed the windows on that floor, so they knew he probably would not find his way out without help. Volunteer Jeannie Smythe went to see if she could help. Jeannie slowly followed the bird back and forth up and down the hall in the building until he got tired. Then she was able to capture him. A quick exam revealed no apparent injuries, so Jeannie and the workers...Read more
Broad Winged Hawk Released in Time for Migration
09/29/2021
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Broad-Winged Hawk Gets a Leg-Up on Migration
09/29/2021
Watch the release. Click here.Read more
Release of 08012021 Osprey
09/16/2021
Young Eagle Goes Home
08/20/2021
When this young eagle came to us, we didn't think he would survive. But he's a fighter, and after less than a month he was ready to go back to the wild.Read more
Young eagle released
08/20/2021
Release of 05252021 & 06052021 American Kestrels
08/18/2021
Release of 07012021 Red-tailed Hawk
08/09/2021
06282021 & 07282021 American Kestrels Release
08/07/2021
Release of 06162021 Red-tailed Hawk
08/03/2021
Release of 05132021 Barred Owl
08/02/2021
