The topic today for Throwback Thursday is our raptor clinic patients. This graph shows you the top five raptor species who were clinic patient admissions over our history. Quite a change from 106 patients in 1974, to 914 last year!
We post our clinic patient census each week on our website.
We have received 558 wild patients so far in 2014. We currently have 97 patients. Some are in individual patient cages while their injuries heal. Others are in large flight rooms or outside in the rehabilitation courtyard for exercise before their release. The following table shows the patient census by species:
The Raptor Center
Current Patient Census (as of September 9, 2014) |
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Eagles
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Bald Eagle
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20
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Hawks - Buteos
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Red-tailed Hawk
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34
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Broad-winged Hawk
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8
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Red-shouldered
Hawk
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2
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Hawks - Accipiters
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Sharp-shinned Hawk
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1
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Cooper's Hawk
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12
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Falcons
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Merlin
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8
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Owls
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Great Horned Owl
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8
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Barred Owl
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2
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Long-eared Owl
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1
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Others (Osprey)
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1
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