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Great Horned Owl Flying Strong
Around 10p.m. on September 15th, I received a phone call from Ludiginton's police chief, Christopher Jones. He told me that the Ludington...
Aileen Kemme
Nov 12, 20231 min read
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A Barred Owl is Released After 109 Days at SRC
After flying into a passing vehicle near Ellsworth, this Barred Owl has been recovering at SRC since late December. The owl was admitted...
Aileen Kemme
Apr 20, 20231 min read
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200th Patient Since 2021
On Sunday night, James rescued our 200th patient since we opened our doors at the beginning of 2021. Unfortunately, it was a...
Aileen Kemme
Dec 21, 20221 min read
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An Extremely Lucky Owl
Last week, a family from McBain was out in their front yard when they noticed something strange in the road. While they walked to the end...
Aileen Kemme
Oct 17, 20221 min read
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The Dangers of Fall Migration
Fall migration brings in unique patients that we do not commonly admit. This year's migration brought a hatch-year tundra peregrine...
Aileen Kemme
Oct 16, 20221 min read
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Red-Tailed Hawk Release
After being admitted for suspected poisoning, this adult Red-Tailed Hawk spent a month recovering with us. He received supportive care, a...
Aileen Kemme
Oct 2, 20221 min read
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The Three Merlins
Within the span of a week, we admitted three Merlins from throughout Northern Michigan. All three of our Merlins came to us after...
Aileen Kemme
Aug 30, 20222 min read
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Owl and Hawk Are Released
After several weeks in our care, we were able to release two raptors back into the wild this past week. The first was a barred owl from...
Aileen Kemme
Aug 29, 20221 min read
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Lead Poisoned Eagle Recovers
We are thrilled to share that this 22-year-old bald eagle was released back into the wild on Sunday after being treated for severe lead...
Aileen Kemme
Jul 20, 20221 min read
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Iosco Eagle Dies of Lead Poisoning
Earlier this week, we received the necropsy results for our bald eagle from the Iosco County area. We admitted the eagle on April 4th...
Aileen Kemme
Jun 11, 20221 min read
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Grand Traverse Turkey Vulture
Last week, a Grand Traverse County resident opened his garage and found that several boxes had been mysteriously moved. Fearing that...
Aileen Kemme
Jun 9, 20221 min read
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Kettles Trail Barred Owl
This young barred owl was found on a hiking trail near Glen Lake suffering from head trauma due to a fall from its nest. After...
Aileen Kemme
Jun 9, 20221 min read
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Aileen Kemme
Jun 6, 20220 min read
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Our American Kestrels are hatching
We welcomed two American Kestrels into the world yesterday afternoon. The pair appear healthy, and we are hopeful that the three...
Aileen Kemme
Jun 5, 20221 min read
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Lead Testing Results for Otsego County Bald Eagle
The Michigan Department of Health considers a blood lead level of 4.5 micrograms (ug/DL) or higher to be dangerous in a child. When we...
Aileen Kemme
May 11, 20221 min read
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Paralyzed Bald Eagle
This immature bald eagle was rescued just outside of Kaleva on 5/16/21. Upon return to SRC, this female was given an exam by James Manley...
jmmanley2
Sep 3, 20211 min read
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Coopers Hawk exam 7-24-21
This Coopers Hawk was rescued and brought to Skegemog Raptor Center (SRC) by Officers Tom Bruce and Ethan Coppula of the Little River...
jmmanley2
Aug 24, 20211 min read
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Leland eagle moves outside
After a week of medication, healthy diet, and cage rest this female bald eagle was reexamined by James and his son Quinlan Manley. The...
jmmanley2
Aug 19, 20211 min read
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Feeding and medicating a Bald Eagle
Here is a video of James of SRC handfeeding the injured female eagle from Leland. In addition to these delicious morsels of rat, this...
jmmanley2
Aug 17, 20211 min read
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Leland Bald Eagle exam
The injured large female Eagle was brought to SRC where an exam was performed by James Manley and Tanya Mouthaan. We found multiple...
jmmanley2
Aug 17, 20211 min read
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