SOAR
saving our avian resources
SOAR
25494 320th Street
Dedham, IA 51440
Phone: (712) 683-5555
Fax: (712) 683-5535
www.soarraptors.org
diversityfarms@iowatelecom.net
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SOAR saving our avian resources |
SOAR 25494 320th Street Dedham, IA 51440 Phone: (712) 683-5555 Fax: (712) 683-5535 www.soarraptors.org |
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SOAR currently provides care for over 100 birds per year that have been injured or orphaned. Most injuries are the result of human activities: cars, windows, power lines, fences, mowers, and pesticides. SOAR's goal is to return all birds to the wild. However, not all birds are able to be released once they are healed. These birds are placed with licensed facilities and used for educational programs and displays. SOAR provides educational programs featuring their non-releasable birds of prey. These programs are adaptable to any audience. Live bird presentations are effective educational tools that make lasting impressions on any audience. Topics of programs include: *Raptor biology *Predator and prey relationships *Habitat conservation *Endangered species *Pesticides in the environment *Natural resource issues
Educational Birds
Bald Eagles SOAR has two educational Bald Eagles. Spirit was injured on a power line and had a broken wing. The wing had to be amputated due to an infection. Liberty had a broken wing that had begun to heal incorrectly in the wild. The break was too near the shoulder to repair and thus we are unable to release him to the wild.
Gyr Falcon SOAR has a new education bird that began teaching in 2008. It is a captive bird that was used for breeding and has now been retired. This bird does not have a sponsor. If you sponsor this bird you can give it a name. Thanks to Judd Furlong for these photos of the Gyr Falcon.
Peregrine Falcons Victory is a Peregrine Falcon and was captive bred and imprinted on humans at an early age. This made him unable to be released. Victory died at the end of the summer of '07, he had tumors in his oil gland. He was 21 years old, which is very old for a peregrine.
Screech Owl SOAR has two educational Screech Owls. The female has a nonfunctioning wrist joint, making her flightless. The other had a concussion that damaged his eyes, limiting his vision and making him unable to be released.
Great-Horned Owl SOAR has two educational Great-Horned Owls. One was hit by a car and had multiple fractures surrounding an elbow joint making her flightless. The other bird had West Nile Virus, which it recovered from, but with damaged vision making her unreleasable.
Barn Owl This Barn Owl got caught and tangled up in a fence that tour up her left wing. Her left wing was infected when we got her and it had to be amputated to save her life.
Broad-Winged Hawk The Broad-wing Hawk was hit by a car with injuries not repairable so he had a wing amputated. So he is flight less.
Northern Harrier This Northern Harrier was hit by a car. His wing was injured so bad, it had to be amputated, making him unable to fly.
Red-Tailed Hawk The female Red-tailed Hawk on the right has vision problems due to an eye infection and starvation as a downy chick. The male Krider's Red-Tailed Hawk on the left was hit by a car. This caused compound humerus fractures that did not heal properly, creating joint damage.
Long-Eared Owl This long-eared owl was brought in with a compound humerus fracture that caused joint damage, causing the owl to be unable to fly as well as it needed to be released to the wild. Long-eared Owls are winter residents of Iowa. |
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