TRR photo by Sandy Long My hand lends a sense of scale to the immature red-shouldered hawk that lost its life in a collision with a vehicle in Pike County, PA.

Red-shouldered hawk

A frequent cause of injury or death experienced by raptors involves collisions with mechanical devices such as vehicles. The immature red-shouldered hawk shown here was the unfortunate victim of such an encounter.

Had the hawk survived the blow, it might have ended up in the care of the Delaware Valley Raptor Center (DVRC) in Milford, PA, which rehabilitates raptors. DVRC’s Stephanie Streeter said the center is currently caring for approximately 40 birds, ranging from eagles to sawhet owls. The most recent arrival is an imprinted kestrel found on a ground-floor flower box on NYC’s Park Avenue.

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O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A

The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex is not known for being a trout-fishers heaven. Which is why November 18 found Barb and me traveling toward Southeastern Oklahoma and the town of Broken Bow. The Mountain Fork River was our destination, a river similar to the Delaware. We would be staying at a housekeeping cabin in Beaver’s Bend State Park.

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Audubon to conduct 109th Christmas Bird Count

WHITE MILLS, PA—The Northeast PA Audubon Society is looking for volunteers to help with the annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC), held within a seven-and-a-half-mile radius of White Mills. The CBC, part of an international effort, will be on Sunday, December 14 beginning at dawn and ending when the last volunteer is finished.

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