Summer's greetings all!
It's feelin' like summer now! The humidity and heat does help the skin though! There is always a silver lining we can find. Sweating is also a great way to help detox one's body. Here are 23 ways to beat the heat if you're having trouble this summer: 23 Ways to Beat the Heat!
First off we'd like to go ahead and send out some more thank yous, because there's no such thing as "over" appreciation!
First is Anderson Lumber Company! They made it possible for us to purchase the lumber for the flight pen for Sophie. Without this flight pen we would not have been able to properly train Sophie to hunt, or evaluate her for release.
Next is Anuts - This company sells great tasting nuts at factory direct prices. They sell everything in bulk, by the pound, so that you save money. No fancy packaging. Only great tasting nuts! They are a business that supports Upstate Birds of Prey! Please if you are able "like" them on facebook, please do so. If we can help businesses that help us we definitely want to do that. We have been ordering from this company for four years for both our personal consumption, sending gifts to our family, and finally when we rehabbed orphaned squirrels they grew up on Anut!
Also Tracy Monday at Mother Earth Meats! Tracy is our number one business supporter! They allow us to hold educational raptor classes at The Market where their product is sold. They also offer great meat packages for donations to us via their email partners (newsletter recipients) - so sign up today on their website! They also host events for Upstate Birds of Prey. Thanks so much for supporting us, and for providing quality meats for our followers to purchase
Finally Bryan White. He not only spent his Memorial Day Weekend helping to build the flight pen, but he took time off of work to come up here and help as well. What a guy!
We can't thank everyone enough of course! Great supporters are what keep us flying high!
Well everyone we'd like to introduce our newest patient - Nick!
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| Nick the Red Shoulder Hawk & Tim (the human) |
Nick is an orphaned Red Shouldered Hawk.
The Schehr Family from Sevierville brought him all the way to our hospital on Friday. Wow, that was an awesome sacrifice! Thank you so much! He was on the ground for at least two days eating worms and bugs. After a thorough exam we found no physical injuries - just a lot of feather damage. He did come in very thin - about half the weight he should have been. We started treating Nick, who is approximately five weeks old, as of Sunday (July 21st). He is eating very well on his own, and physically getting stronger. A lot happens when a raptor gets as thin as Nick has, so we still want to monitor his progress as far as weight gain and hydration. He is looking better already but is not out of the woods yet. At his last weigh in he was a whopping 660g. You cannot say Upstate Birds of Prey does not feed their patients well! The Schehr Family has also expressed an interest in volunteering at Upstate Birds of Prey and we welcome them!
If you come to one of our public releases and capture photo or video, or if you volunteer with us and capture photo and video, and you want to share those then you can share those with us on our Facebook page (click here).
We hope everyone is doing well! We, once again, thank you for your support, and we'll be in touch soon!
Flying high,
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