Patients

SOAR Patients:

Some of our patients are listed below and are updated as able.

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Chillicothe hatch-year peregrine
Patient Status: Current Patient
Admission date: 30 June 2020
Rescue Location: Ottumwa Generating Station, Chillicothe, IA

Alliant Energy employees at the Ottumwa Generating Station are very watchful of the nesting peregrines at the plant and keep an eye out for juveniles in distress when they fledge. Staff could hear a young falcon screaming… and finally located the you

LATEST UPDATE:

16 July 2020
Peregrine Is in a flight pen. She needs to build stamina now.

Pine Lake Mississippi Kite
Patient Status: Current Patient
Admission date: 9 June 2020
Rescue Location: Pine Lake State Park, Eldora, IA

Pine Lake State Park staff member found this Mississippi kite while cleaning along the recreational trail in the park. The kite did not fly away when approached – never a good sign with a wild bird. The ranger at the state park looked up Mississippi ki

LATEST UPDATE:

1 July 2020
Kite is gaining weight, but still being hand fed. We are far from "out of the woods" yet.

Bald eagles Dawson 1, Dawson 2
Patient Status: Current Patient
Admission date: 8 June 2020
Rescue Location: Raccoon River, near Dawson in Dallas County

SOAR volunteer Deb was taken upriver to check on two downed eagles by the anglers that came upon them. SOAR volunteer Deb said she wasn’t dressed for a rescue when the local conservation officer called. Instead of picking up her grandkids… she ended

LATEST UPDATE:

6 July 2020
The two Dawson eaglets were moved to a 10'x20' flight pen.

Chimney barred owl
Patient Status: Patient Archive
Admission date: 2 April 2020
Rescue Location: Polk County

Homeowners found an adult barred owl stuck in their fireplace chimney and called the Conservation Officer. Thanks to Officer Eighmey for getting this owl removed and to SOAR volunteer Deb. The owl had no broken bones and still had good feather conditio

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Hatchling great horned owl
Patient Status: Patient Archive
Admission date: 2 April 2020
Rescue Location: Polk County

A hatchling (also called nestling) great horned owl was found on the ground and likely fell from a nest. The young owl was bruised by the fall.

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Monona County adult Cooper’s hawk
Patient Status: Patient Archive
Admission date: 30 March 2020
Rescue Location: Monona County

Monona County Conservation naturalist received a call of an injured hawk that was found near a bird feeder at the caller’s home. This adult Cooper’s hawk had a fractured right radius and ulna.

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Wright County barred owl
Patient Status: Patient Archive
Admission date: 24 February 2020
Rescue Location: Wright County

An injured barred owl was found near Eagle Grove, Iowa, and picked up by SOAR at a veterinary clinic in Webster City. This owl is extremely thin and has a non-compound (not through the skin) fracture of the right humerus.

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Ringgold County adult red-tailed hawk
Patient Status: Patient Archive
Admission date: 10 February 2020
Rescue Location: Ringgold County

Ringgold County Conservation rescued this male adult red-tailed hawk. The hawk has a broken bone in the left wing near the wrist. Isn’t he a pretty color?

LATEST UPDATE:

Upon further examination in the clinic, their was dead bone tissue and the break was never going to mend.

Lansing adult bald eagle
Patient Status: Patient Archive, Success Stories
Admission date: 1 February 2020
Rescue Location: Allamakee County, between Waukon and Lansing

We love a good mystery, right? This adult bald eagle was reported down to Iowa DNR Conservation Officers and the USFWS Federal Game Warden in NE Iowa. The rescue party said she would fly only about 50 feet and had been dining on road-kill cafe. Once re

LATEST UPDATE:

2 February 2020
Kay noted the eyes / nictitating membranes seemed irritated and started eye drops.

Calhoun Co Northern harrier
Patient Status: Patient Archive
Admission date: 27 November 2019
Rescue Location: Calhoun Co, Iowa

Calhoun County Conservation rescued and transported this northern harrier that collided with something to cause a broken left humerus.

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