Great stories, and thanks to the TV Society for hosting this board! I had worked with raptors for a number of years, but never a TV, until we got ours a little...
Oh... boy.... Jeff - you've certainly hit a chord here... I have two educational TV's and have had some "issues" with travel boxes with both. My first TV...
Jeff, I have transported numerous vultures over the past few years, and finally hit on a successful technique, purely by accident. I had to bring a turkey...
Thanks Dody and Ramona, Perhaps we should try a smaller carrier, then, as the one he uses is kind of big. Sometimes he's pretty good, sometimes he's not. ...
One thing we use on our carriers for all raptors is a plastic grid (I think it is for use with dogs). It comes in 1ft squares and fits in most carriers. They...
Susan
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Hi folks I'm the Director at Ijams Nature Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. We've had numerous nonreleasable raptors over the years for our educational programs....
On Traveling, When I first took over the handling of Junior (the TV I work with) he would get upset and try to bate when we brought him near his travel box....
Hi Melody, I just got back from the annual National Wildlife Rehabilitator's Association conference in Minneapolis. It was wonderful. One of the best...
Hello, I'm part of an education group at a wildlife rehab center in Oregon, and we are preparing for a bad west nile summer. We had a few cases in the state...
Hi Melody, Boy - you have my very best wishes when it comes to WNV... I'm in Michigan, and we've had it here for three to four years. I have one very old...
NOTICE: A wildlife center in tne Northern Virginia area is seeking a new home for a non-releasable Turkey Vulture and Black Vulture. Both are mature birds,...
Pennsylvania was one of the first areas hit, and the first year we were hit HARD also. Mostly we saw RT, GHO a few kestrels. The crows never lived lond enough...
So, after all this worry about trying to train our TV to go in and out of his box easily, he just started doing it on his own! We had a full day of programs a...
Hi--I'm new to this group. My name is Ann and I'm a vulture-lover. I'd like to know what kind of jesses others use on their vultures. I work at a natural...
Did he have a problem when he came in as a chick that makes him a nonreleaseable or was he raised as a healthy chick for education? ... From: "adurham52"...
Hello there, I'm interested in recording the sounds made by vultures, particularly the long raspy calls. I'm located near San Francisco, and would be willing...
I'd also be interested in a "Vulture Call", if such a device exists, to record that instead. Preferably a blown-reed call, like a Cabela Crow or Goose call. ...
I have two educational Turkey Vultures - one a very mature adult (I've had about three years) and the other is a one-year old I got late last fall. I've never...
He is simply too people-imprinted to be able to be released. A pity, because he's otherwise a very healthy bird (about 5 years old now). I think he was only...
... How do they differ? ... I'll have to run that past our animal curators. The concern is not so much with him removing them (he's pretty persistent) but the...
... <adurham@m...> wrote:> I'd like to know what kind of jesses others use on their vultures. Like Dody, we use traditional Jesses and leave them on all of the...
Only in that they are two pieces - and the piece that goes around the leg stays flat. In theory they are removable, but I cut them off when I need to change...
thanks for everyone's input on the jesses for vultures. This is actually part of a research and design project. I've recently gone back to school for a...
There is already a type of anklet out there that can be removed and put on with one hand. Falconers use them all the time. You might want to look at it. It is...
On vulture jesses... What kind of leather does everyone use for their vultures jesses? We use cow hide because the kangaroo leather wasn't tough enough. Our...
I'm glad I've found this group--it seems a lot of people know about raptors, but not that many about vultures. The two get grouped together so often that it...
Hello All, I'm writing for advice on my boy Juniors fall behavior. Each fall he goes through what I call the "fall migration frustration." This is the worst...
Hi all, I just joined this group, and I'm very excited to be a part of it! So I will introduce myself: I work at Carolina Raptor Center in Charlotte, NC. We...
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