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"Moe" the Crow

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Contributed by: Donna Ralph on 12/23/2006

Yesterday while we were all still working on digging out after the blizzard, Laura from Palmer Lake called me with a different problem. Laura was outside refilling her bird feeders when right in front of her face, a hawk came down and grabbed a crow! Laura scared the hawk off the crow, but not before he took a chunk from the crow's back. Laura brought the injured crow inside and proceeded to make him warm and comfortable. She was concerned about the wounds in the crow's back, and she and her husband decided "Moe the Crow Gotta Go!" Laura found us at EWRC in the phone book and called. I told her that normally we'd get out there and pick up the bird right away but due to the snow she may need to wait a day or two until we could get out. I called Dana M., DOW Transport Volunteer who lives in Monument, and she immediately arranged to go pick up the crow and bring itto Ellicott Wildlife Rehab. Moe the Crow is looking pretty perky and is eating well, and as soon as his wounds have healed and he can fly, he will go back to Laura's yard in Palmer Lake, as crows-and generally corvids-are tight family units.

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Submitted By: Dawn Wiesner

posted on 1/12/2007 @ 9:41:19 PM

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The problem with human interference is that now maybe the hawk is going to starve to death - which has more value? He attacked Moe so his has been watching him for a while - why? The weakest link gets turned in to fodder first- is Moe weak? Is there something wrong with him that he could be passing on to his future hatchlings? How do you know one way or the other if it isn't obvious? It could be simply be the inability to be aware of danger from above because he can't see well enough to know there's a hawk up there. I know it's really hard to keep out of nature's business.. I lost my favorite wild bunny to a hawk just before Christmas and I cried; but it is better to let nature take her course. Most people do not realize that a veterinarian has to be licensed to take wild life, a lot maybe able to be sent to a rehab location. The rest, well, the people that interfered ended up even as wounded then the animal. We all know how much heart break hurts.

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