Northern Red-Shafted Flicker release

This Northern Red-Shafted Flicker came to us on January 14, 2017 after a window-strike in Healdsburg. She had congested breathing and a broken coracoid on the left side. This is bone that acts sort of like a trunk holding the wing up, attaching to the bulk of the body, and allowing for flight. It is a common injury for window-strike victims, songbirds and raptors alike. We've developed a certain way to wrap these injured wings to allow them to heal back to a normal position. After having the wing wrapped, we had to do some physical therapy until our largest aviary was available. As soon as we could, we got her in that large flight space and just days later she was ready to go! She was released just one month after admit in the found area by one of our resident handler and rehab hard release volunteers, Jeanette Thorpe.