Is this a first year bird...or an unwell adult? The Park's wildlife biologist would like confirmation.
The left leg was broken and dislocated. The keel was sharp and quite obvious, and the crop felt empty. Neither wing was broken. There was some damage to the top of the left shoulder, it looked superficial (feathers only).
It was struck by a car on the afternoon of 1 June 2014 along either CA Hwy 190 prior to Stovepipe Wells or along Emigrant Road that transitions into Wildrose Road within Death Valley National Park, California. It was still alive and on the side of the road on the 2nd. No one knew I was in the office or I would have driven it to a wildlife rehab facility yesterday. I am still trying to track down more details from those involved in the rescue attempt.
The left leg was broken and dislocated. The keel was sharp and quite obvious, and the crop felt empty. Neither wing was broken. There was some damage to the top of the left shoulder, it looked superficial (feathers only).
It was struck by a car on the afternoon of 1 June 2014 along either CA Hwy 190 prior to Stovepipe Wells or along Emigrant Road that transitions into Wildrose Road within Death Valley National Park, California. It was still alive and on the side of the road on the 2nd. No one knew I was in the office or I would have driven it to a wildlife rehab facility yesterday. I am still trying to track down more details from those involved in the rescue attempt.
