Archive for August 2006

Don’t read this posting unless you are prepared for graphic descriptions of maggot-related injuries….. It was a horrible week for maggots on animals admitted to Flint Creek Wildlife this week. So many of the problems we encountered this week could have been prevented if rescuers would have brought animals inside and gotten help immediately at…

We are thrilled to report that our two non-releasable American Kestrels have found a permanent home as educational animals with a great facility in North Carolina. This N.C. facility is licensed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to have a male and female Kestrel for educational purposes. The male and female Kestrel that we…

Earlier this week Lake County Animal Control brought us a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk that was hit by a car or truck and found on the shoulder of Route 173 in Antioch. The bird was in good condition upon arrival except for a broken lower jaw and soft tissue swelling on its right leg. The fracture…

The Red-tailed Hawk that I wrote about earlier this week went back to Dr. Welle yesterday for removal of her external stabilizing bars. Dr. Welle reported that the x-rays look good. At this point, we expect her to make a full recovery so that she can eventually be released back into the wild. Her final…

Thought you’d be interested in this amazing success story: On April 4, 2006, CBCM brought in an injured Northern Flicker to Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation’s Northerly Island facility. The bird had just struck a building in the loop and was critical when it arrived at Flint Creek. Thankfully, due to the close proximity of our…

About five weeks ago, we received a call late on a Sunday night regarding a Red-tailed Hawk that had been found in a Union Pacific rail yard. Unfortunately, the bird was south of downtown Chicago and we had no way to get the bird to our Barrington facility at 11:30 PM on a Sunday. We…

Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation will be the cover story in this coming Sunday’s Chicago Tribune Magazine. Shortly after opening Flint Creek Wildlife’s second location at Northerly Island on April 1, I was contacted by Scott Strazzante, photographer for the Chicago Tribune. Scott expressed interest in taking some pictures of us at Northerly Island. Before I…