MORE HAWKS IN TULSA? DONATIONS FOR THE CARE OF THE GANG IN REHAB

Today's Fledgling photos courtesy of Cheryl Cavert


WHO KNEW! It turns out that 2 miles from the KJRH tower another pair of Tulsa fledglings were discovered. Is it a Tulsa Red-tail population explosion?

But before we get to them--

I'd emailed Cathy Horvath telling her that a number of you were contacting me about where donations could be sent to help care for Hous and Hank, the Houston Fledglings, the Kestrel with frounce who has the displaced beak, his brother, the at least three dozen Kestrels already released this season, the fledge with lead poisoning from the Cathedral nest, plus all the other birds under the Horvaths care now and in the future. And those they have cared for so diligently that did not stay with us, particularly the Dad of the Houston Nest, who was lost so recently.

In the meantime, reader Pam Greenwood had ferreted an address off the Internet that she sent to me and asked if it was the "one".

And here is what Cathy said in return about the address and our wanting to help.

DONNA ,

THAT WOULD BE AWESOME OF THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE UPS AND DOWNS OF OUR FEATHERED BABIES. WE ARE ALWAYS VERY GRATEFUL FOR ANY DONATIONS WE RECEIVE . IT'S GREAT WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO HELP IN ANY WAY THEY CAN.

YES THAT IS THE CORRECT ADDRESS FOR OUR ORGANIZATION . THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL .

EVERYONE HERE IS HOLDING THEIR OWN . GETTING BETTER EVERY DAY !!!!

KEEP THE GOOD THOUGHTS COMING CAUSE SOMEONE IS LISTENING!!!!!!

TALK TO YOU....CATHY ,BOBBY, CHRISTOPHER, AND SADIE

Wildlife in Need of Rescue and Rehabilitation,
202 No. Wyoming Avenue,
North Massapequa, NY 11758

There you go folks! Get crackin'.


Excitement is growing by leaps and bounds in Tulsa's Red-tail watching community. Here's a note from Cheryl Cavert--

Hi Donna,
One of the KJRH forum members had mentioned last week that she had seen a hawk near where she lives, and of course was wondering if it could be Thunder.

It is about a mile from my house, and 1 1/3 miles south and 2 miles east of the KJRH Tower. So as I drove by today on an errand I stopped at the park where she said she had seen the hawk. I could not see one at first but thought I heard one.

Finally I spotted on top of the tallest building in the area (maybe 10 stories?) a hawk like profile.

I drove to the area and finally spotted it and took a few (!!!!) photos of it, a juvenile. She was mainly scanning and calling out. I finally loaded up to leave and just as I started to drive off, another hawk came flying in.

I got back out and took a few more pictures - it looks like a juvenile too (but did not drive/walk back around to other better advantage points as I was running out of time).

So here are my photo efforts for today, as the two times I was in the KJRH hawk area, I did not find any signs of them.

I have encouraged the woman who told me about them to name them!!!
Cheryl Cavert

Absolutely Cheryl, names are important and we know why!


I can see why the other youngster is vocalizing. My guess is, she's begging vigorously. Check out the crop in the photo just above of the darker fledge with the more definite, vertically streaked belly band. This fledgling has eaten recently. See her crop. Now look at the lighter fledge up one photo. Her crop is flat and she's letting her parents know that she'd take dinner now, thank you.


Whereas Full Crop is just looking around watching the world go by. Not that she might not try for a bite of her siblings dinner if the opportunity showed itself.


Now that a second nest in Tulsa has been confirmed, the question becomes, just how many more are there?

Plus all the other questions I have==

How large is the park?
What kind of vegetation or sports areas are within it?
Do these hawks eat the same prey as the KJRH hawks in the same proportion?
Tree nest or building?
Where are the parent's favorite perches as at least one is no doubt watching over the fledges?

And another big question to go with the "just how many other hawk pairs are in Tulsa", is, what are the boundaries of their territories?

If someone wants to take it on, he or she could keep track of everyone's confirmed sightings of each individually IDed hawk during breeding season when the lines of demarcation between territories are quite firm. Eventually the boundary lines will emerge.

Once again Red-tails surprise us and isn't it exciting that Tulsa may have a whole community of Red-tails nesting in town waiting to be watched.

Donegal Browne