by Anne G. Miller 

2008  

106pp
 

Table of Contents

Section 1: Reuniting & Fostering Healthy Young Raptors

 
Introduction 

• Juvenile Raptors & the Importance of Reuniting
• Recorded vocalizations—A New Tool for Wildlife Rehabilitators
• Success Story: Calling in a Mother Bobcat

Chapter 1: Nesting Behavior of Raptors

• Raptors as Parents
• Stages of Development

Chapter 2: Preparing to Reunite 

• Obtaining a Complete History
• Assessing the Situation

Chapter 3: Assessment & Emergency Care of Juvenile Raptors

• Assessing the Bird’s Condition
• Care & Feeding of Juvenile Raptors
• Avoiding Human Contact
• How-To: Easy Temporary Nest Box

Chapter 4: Reuniting & Fostering

• Using the Original Nest
• Safety of Personnel & Birds
• Using Substitute Nests
• Success Story: Great Horned Owls
• Fostering Orphans
• Nest-Site Hacking
• How-To: Simple Food Delivery System
• Relocating Nestlings
• Reuniting & Fostering Strategies for Branchers & Fledglings

Chapter 5: Using the Recorded Calls

• Making Contact with the Adult Birds
• Making Sure the Reuniting is Successful

Section 2: Development Photos, Species Notes, & Case Histories

Introduction

Owls

• Barn Owl
• Eastern Screech Owl
• Great Horned Owl
• Barred Owl

Hawks

 
Accipiter

• Sharp-Shinned Hawk
• Cooper’s Hawk

Buteo

• Red-Tailed Hawk
• Red-Shouldered Hawk
• Broad-winged Hawk

Falco

• American Kestrel

Vultures

Black Vulture

A Final Message

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