Rehab & Release
SOAR provides care for well over 300 birds each year that have been injured or orphaned, primarily from western Iowa.
11 February 2015 – best plans, no
By SOAR | February 11, 2015 | A.I.T Decorah
Decorah sits on the shelf-perch so he can look out the window. That is obviously more fun than sitting on the bow perch that doesn’t have quite that view. The plan WAS to put bracelets
Copper!
By SOAR | February 2, 2015 | Notes
Make the switch! Watch this segment from Itasca Community TV (Minnesota) of Just Outdoors – Copper Bullets that talks about ballistics, shot placement, human and wildlife health, and three shooting demonstrations. (It’s not short, but
Position Statements on Lead in Ammunition
By SOAR | February 1, 2015 | Non-toxic News and Notes
Health Risks in Lead-Based Ammunition Scientific experts in lead and environmental health have published both a consensus statement and an editorial encouraging the reduction of lead-based ammunition used with the eventual elimination of lead-based ammunition.
24 January 2015 – humans need training
By SOAR | January 24, 2015 | A.I.T Decorah
Terrie and Tyler are adding to their needed hours of experience and helped with Bald Eagle Days event at the Lewis and Clark Visitor Center in Nebraska. Terrie had a bit of “fist time” with
A bit more about lead poisoning…
By SOAR | January 18, 2015 | Notes
The bald eagle admitted on 13 December 2011 that had been caught in a leg-hold trap also had elevated blood lead levels (BLL) of 9.6 µg/dL. She coughed up a pellet (accumulated undigested material, in
Ambassador-in-training Decorah!
By SOAR | January 4, 2015 | A.I.T Decorah
Kay has received official word from US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) that the 22 June 2014 juvenile eagle admitted from Decorah, IA / Winneshiek County is no longer being held under Kay’s federal rehabilitation
United Nations Environment Program meeting
By SOAR | January 2, 2015 | Non-toxic News and Notes
The Eleventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals adopted a resolution urging the phase-out of lead ammunition in all environments over the next three
Eagle Summer 2014
By SOAR | September 5, 2014 | Notes
A perspective from SOAR Executive Director, Kay Neumann 5 September 2014 — Usually summers are relatively quiet here at SOAR; young kestrels and screech owls that need a little food and flight time; the occasional
Eagle program and release at Lake Red Rock
By SOAR | April 19, 2014 | Notes
Two rehabilitated eagles were released at Lake Red Rock, below the dam at the South Tailwater Area on 19 April 2014. About 50+ folks that attended the SOAR eagle program at the Red Rock Visitor
Fall Raptor Release at Whiterock Conservancy
By SOAR | September 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
1 September 2013 Fall Release Party Two hatch-year male kestrels, two hatch-year red-tailed hawks, and one hatch-year bald eagle were released! Kay tells “Jasper’s” story to the attendees.Kay hands off “Jasper” to John Mertz for