Juvenile Raptor Restoration Project
Photographs and Case Histories
Sponsored by Southern Company,
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation,
and
Sea World/Busch Gardens
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Experienced raptor rehabilitators know that once you have established contact between the young raptor and its parents, it is almost always safe to assume that the parents will take care of their youngster. But sometimes it isn’t that easy. It may take hours of patient observation to verify that the adults are in the area and have located their missing offspring. In 2001, the Alabama Wildlife Center discovered a tool that made it a great deal easier to attract the attention of the young raptor’s parents. We play a recording of the juvenile’s food begging call or else its alarm call, and in many cases the parents are attracted to the site—even after a separation of a week or more. With this tool, we believe that many more young raptors can be reunited or fostered. The purpose of this archive is to assist licensed wildlife rehabilitators to reunite and foster as many birds as possible. This archive consists of photographs and case histories of juveniles of raptors common to the southeastern U.S. Each chapter is devoted to a single species, and begins with a description of the species focusing primarily on behavior relevant to the reuniting process. The case histories offer a variety of different situations in which juveniles of the particular species have been reunited or fostered. Each section also provides photographs of the juveniles at all stages of development, from hatching to fledging, to aid in identification. This material is designed to be used with a CD of recorded calls of juvenile raptors, and a printed handbook, Calls of the Wild, Using Recorded Calls & other Tools to Reunite Juvenile and Adult Raptors, by Anne G. Miller. The handbook gives detailed information on how to reunite and foster juvenile raptors, using the calls on the CD to attract the adult birds.
To order a copy of Calls of the Wild, Using Recorded Calls & other Tools to Reunite Juvenile and Adult Raptors, contact the NWRA:
NWRA Central Office
To make a contribution in support of the Juvenile Raptor Restoration Project, please click the button below.
To view the species notes and case histories, click below.
American Kestrel *
Barn Owl *
Barred Owl
* Black
Vulture *
Broad-Winged Hawk
* Cooper's
Hawk *
Eastern Screech Owl
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