SOAR

saving our avian resources

SOAR

25494 320th Street

         Dedham, IA 51440              

Phone: (712) 683-5555

Fax: (712) 683-5535

www.soarraptors.org
diversityfarms@iowatelecom.net

Patients

This page features some of the patients at S.O.A.R. A brief history of the patient and some information about its treatment, future and/or release can be found next to the photos. 

Here is a little Short-eared owl that happily flew away in May. Did you know that these birds nest on the ground?

SOAR received some young great horned owls and barred owls and the education birds are now doing a little foster parenting -- and it is working great -- the chicks just snuggled right into these adults -- so they will not imprint and be certain to know who they are when they grow up

This young red-tailed hawk will be going into the flight pen with some adults as soon as she is stable.

The Osprey is an adult that came in from Lake Panorama with an injury to the top mid section of her wing -- that has healed nicely and she is slated for release soon. This photo shows her just after she took a bath.

A new patient and a successful rehabilitation and release. This pelican was happily released on March 19 and was observed in a flock of 16 pelicans a week later.

This red-tailed hawk was found near Manning. It has been shot in the face. It is illegal to shoot hawks and eagles. If you have information about
someone who has shot a raptor, call the tollfree TIP hotline The toll-free TIP number is monitored 24-hours a day for citizens to report information about crimes against fish or wildlife day or night.

This osprey is an adult and is having to spend the winter in Iowa instead of Central America. This osprey is not one who was part of a reintroduction program as it does not have any bands. Somehow this bird scrapped off skin and muscle off of it's right wing. It will take many months to rebuild tissue and muscle and exercise in the flight pen before it can be released.

This red-tailed hawk was run over by a tractor! Red-tails will often follow tractors as they scare up rodents. The farmer could not stop in time but quickly helped the bird and it is now recovering nicely.

This great horned owl has an injured wing but may yet be able to be released. The wing started to heal while in the wild and so it is not perfect. However, Kay will give him time in the flight pen and assess his ability to be released.

This barred owl has a wing fracture. It also will have a few months of recovery before it will be assessed for release. Barred owls are almost as big as great horned owls but have the distinctive barred feathers on its stomach. They also have brown eyes instead of bright yellow eyes and quite often you can hear them call "who cooks for you? who cooks for you all?" in the woods.

SOAR has had a constant stream of injured bald eagles into the facility. Many have been sick with lead poisoning. Please read more about lead and bald eagles by clicking here. This adult and juvenile bald eagle are not releasable. The adult was shot by her nest. Once again, it is against the law to shoot eagles! Please help protect them and if you know of someone who has harmed wildlife you can confidentially turn them in by calling the TIP hotline at 1-800-532-2020. Her mate fed her while she was on the ground. Her wing bones healed in a curve and she can not fly. The juvenile is missing a wing tip due to unknown trauma. It was suffering from systemic lead poisoning.