Edna, Fly free... soar high little one
Most important news is that Magee is doing fine after a crash.
A lot has happenend since the 4 youngsters fledged. On the 4th of July Magee got himself seriously wounded and was taken into rehab with a broken wing.
The next day Edna *P/*W landed on other side of interstate and as she was taking flight, she was hit by a Semi and knocked to the side of the roadway. She died instantly. So very sad!
It turned out that Magee had a simple fracture of his wing. There was good bone supporting the fractured bone and the wing healed without surgery.
Magee: getting stronger every day
By july 22nd the ulna was pretty well healed. His wing was no longer bound and he could move it freely with no problem - not ready for flight just yet but moving towards that goal. On August 13 Magee was given into the care of a wellknown falconer, mr Mark Booth, http://www.takeflight.org/
He is the one who will teach Magee to fly and how to catch prey. Magee turned out to be an aggresive falcon, which is good of course He probabaly was the lastborn and had to fight for food. A quality which will come in very handy later on in his life. He is doing great!
Read all about his recovery here:
http://blogs.indystar.com/falconblog/archives/2008/08/
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