Flight Log - Volume 0 2009/2010

Winter 2009/2010

Board of Directors President Roger Smith Don Alsted Dan Forman John Lummis Porgy McClelland Edmond Opler Mailing Address: Teton Raptor Center P.O. Box 1805 5450 West Highway 22 Wilson, WY 83014 Phone 307-203-2551 Web www.tetonraptorcenter.org Email raptors@tetonraptorcenter.org

TRC Celebrates New Home This past Father’s Day, Teton Raptor Center celebrated its new home at the Hardeman Barns with a Grand Opening that attracted well over 600 neighbors and friends. In what we hope to offer as an annual old-time community event, guests were treated to a flighted exhibition of falcons and hawks. Our day also included over 12 raptor species on display, live music, a kids arts program, beer, and great food. The overwhelming response to this event was heart-warming and indicative that TRC will have a long-lasting presence at its new location.

The celebration of Teton Raptor Center’s new home is the culmination of work begun in 1991 by TRC founder Roger Smith and his wife, Margaret Creel. At the time, Roger was working as a research biologist in GTNP. He and Margaret recognized that raptors are an integral part of the Teton environment. Eagles, owls, falcons, hawks and osprey each have an important role in the balance of our environment and are each, to varying degrees, threatened by human encroachment. With rare dedication and resolve, the couple began assisting injured raptors.

In 1997, Roger and Margaret established The Raptor Fund, a 501c3 organization, and secured both US Fish and Wildlife Service and State of Wyoming raptor rehabilitation and education permits. For the first five years, injured birds were housed in limited facilities in their home, and later at 3 Creek Ranch. In 2008, they saved 28 birds (but had to deny help continued on next page

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History of a Valley Icon In the early 1940s, Major Mosley built what are now called the Hardeman barns. For seventy years, the gracefully arching structure of the big barn has been the visual hub of Wilson, Wyoming. When Gerritt Hardeman bought Mosley’s ranch in 1956 and moved his herd of prize winning Herefords from Kelly, the property flourished under his hard working stewardship. During the late eighties, when property values went out of sight, the pastoral 137 acre property south of Hwy 22 moved into the cross hairs of land developers. The price of beef could not keep pace with the value of real estate, and by 1989 the land along with the iconic buildings were slated for sub-division.

The cultural value of this property to the people of this valley became apparent as a young Jackson Hole Land Trust harnessed the enormous support of people wishing to preserve the Barns and surrounding acreage. A bold offer and down payment allowed the Land Trust to turn the passion for preservation into real dollars.

Through the contributions of many, most notably Gill and Marge Ordway, the Hardeman family soon had a viable alternative to development. Today, the property is still owned by the JHLT and is protected by a conservation easement.

While not always feasible within a conservation easement, the JHLT has always believed in the value of creating public use and access to protected properties. The tenants during the last twenty years included the 4-H and the Snake River Institute. Both welcomed the community interaction fostered by the Land Trust.

It was fortunate that, when Roger Smith was looking to create the Teton Raptor Center and utilize space other than his own house for the care of injured birds of prey, the Hardeman Barns were without a tenant.

It did not take long for the parties to formalize a lease cementing what has been termed a natural fit. The Teton Raptor Center is excited by the synergies that exist between us and the Jackson Hole Land Trust. Our mission dovetails with the conservation of open spaces, and new opportunities exist for the public to interact with our birds of prey, become more acquainted with the world we live in, and get a glimpse of our ranching heritage. We are proud to be the main character in the next chapter of the Hardeman Barns.

Group tours/ Center visits

to over 30 birds due to lack of capacity). They conducted 70 educational programs, reaching thousands. In response to increasing patient numbers and requests for educational programs with live birds, Roger began searching for an appropriate space to locate and grow a community-based raptor education and conservation program in Jackson.

Also recognizing the need for a larger more effective organization, the Raptor Fund expanded to include five new board members and changed its name to the Teton Raptor Center in February of 2008. It was then that TRC was able to negotiate a long-term lease with the Jackson Hole Land Trust, and work began to establish our center at the Hardeman Ranch. The Teton County Board of Commissioners subsequently granted the TRC a conditional use permit to operate a rehabilitation and educational center on the historic property.

Construction of the raptor barn began October 1, 2008 and was completed in December 2009. Board Member Porgy McClelland spearheaded the project, assisted by a crew of dedicated volunteers. Originally built by Garrett Hardeman as a calving shed, the original open face post and beam structure of the barn was replicated by the former Snake River Institute in 1990 when they were tenants of the property. TRC went to work transforming the three-sided pole barn into a fully functional raptor rehabilitation center. Insulated walls and ceilings were installed, a polished concrete floor poured and mews erected to house the resident and injured raptors. The 1,400-squarefoot structure houses nine individual bird chambers connected by a hallway to a 500-square-foot space. This section of the barn houses freezers, an intensive care unit, provides room for medical examinations and space for the future acquisition of an x-ray machine.

The adjacent horse barn is also leased from the Jackson Hole Land Trust, and serves as the main office for the Teton Raptor Center.

Our Mission Helping birds of prey through veterinary care, education, conservation and human/wildlife conflict resolution.

As a non-profit organization of conservation biologists, veterinarians, wildlife rehabilitators and volunteers, the Teton Raptor Center aims to promote birds of prey and environmental health through veterinary care and rehabilitation, educational programs, and conservation research.

Teton Raptor Center will re-open to the public for scheduled visits and tours in early 2010. Visit our websiute at www.tetonraptorcenter.org, or call 307-203-2551 for information. Teton Raptor Center is located at the Hardeman Ranch in Wilson, Wyoming, on Highway 22, about 7 miles from the town of Jackson.

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Teton Raptor Center welcomed over 600 community members to celebrate our June 21 Grand Opening at the Hardeman Barns. From July through September, over 500 visitors toured the center.

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Raptor Barn and weathering yards are completed and in use.

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Most of our medical equipment is installed and operative, allowing us to meet the raptor patient load demand.

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Daily educational programs at our Center for groups of all ages. In 2009 alone, well over 5,000 participants attended our educational programs.

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Launch of TRC membership program

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Initiation of Community Raptor Volunteer Program.

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Initiation of veterinary training and internship programs.

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Private off-site educational programs to visitors from around the world at venues such as the National Museum of Wildlife Art and the Four Seasons. We work with local and out of town concierge services to arrange these events, and we work directly with local venues as well.

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Educational programs in area schools. TRC will be expanding into other school districts in 2010.

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Photos, top to bottom: Gus Steyer and Porgy start work on the new Raptor Barn.

The Weathering Yard takes Shape.

Interior of the completed Raptor Barn.

New sod and paint on the completed Raptor Barn.

Hiring Jason Jones as full-time program manager.

Jason is responsible for our medical, rehabilitation and educational programs. We are excited to have him on board!

A Little TLC from TRC Saves Rough-Legged Hawk

Up, Up and Away on an October day!

Did you know... ...that many raptors migrate south for the winter but not all migrating raptors spend their winters in warm climates?

The rough-legged hawk is a complete migrant, meaning it completely abandons its far north arctic tundra breeding range during the winter months, which almost never sees the warm southern sun. Rough-legged hawks spend their winters in southern Canada and the Northwestern United States, including our own Jackson valley. So next time you look out your window on one of our many blustery, sub-zero temperature days, think to yourself how great this weather must be to convince a rough-legged hawk to fly over a 1000 miles to get here for a few months per year.

October 18th was a great day for the Teton Raptor Center, and an even better day for the Rough-Legged Hawk that was released after a short stay in our re-hab facility. Grant Lawsen of Jackson was headed home from Casper, WY when the hawk suddenly lit from a fence post without regard to Grant’s F-250 pick-up. Fortunately, Grant was able to swerve and brake, avoiding a collision that could have been fatal. He stopped the truck, and successfully retrieved the injured bird. His companion held the stunned raptor in her lap as Grant drove to Riverton. There, a local vet examined the bird and found no obvious fractures. After placing the bird in a small kennel Grant made a bee-line to Jackson and the Teton Raptor Center. Roger Smith and Dr. Dan Forman took several x-rays to confirm the lack of any fractures.

The hawk was given fluids and steroids for inflammation and headed into his first night looking dazed. Unable to stand, there was uncertainty over the birds condition and we were unsure of his ability to survive. The next morning, the bird showed little fear of the human intervention. He had no appetite but was able to stand on his own. More fluids and a force fed diet of mice and quail followed.

After three days, the bird’s spirit had returned. His appetite returned and a feisty response was shown to his benefactors. The hawk was placed on a creance for several days of conditioning, and his flight patterns proved strong.

After his third successful tethered flight, the decision was made to release the bird. A small group gathered as Roger banded the hawk and made sure his crop was full for his re-introduction to the wild. Without hesitation the hawk took flight unencumbered by the creance. After circling those gathered, he flew northward, silhouetted against the silver roofs of the Hardeman Barns to land in a mature spruce tree. After preening in the morning sun, the Roughlegged Hawk left his perch, gaining altitude as he disappeared over a line of willows to the North.

“Simply beautiful. This is what it’s all about.” —Roger Smith Above: TRC Board Member Porgy McClelland releases the rough-legged hawk.

Photo courtesy of Merritt McClelland. Left: Rough-legged hawk portrait shot courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Teton Raptor Center Program Manager Jason Jones

The Birdman of Wilson TRC

brought Jason Jones on board as program manager just in time for June’s grand opening of our new facilities. Jason has over twenty years of experience training, rehabilitating, and propagating raptors. His interest in birds started at age twelve when he volunteered for the Tracy Aviary in Salt Lake City. There he began to learn the basics of raptor care and training. He is now a master falconer and has practiced falconry continuously since he was fourteen years old. Jason originated and managed a birds of prey outreach program that provided live raptor programs for schools in five western states. Additionally, he began his own captive breeding program for various raptors that eventually turned into one of the largest raptor breeding projects in the Western U.S. Jason completed his undergraduate degree at Weber State University, with an emphasis in Zoology, and then went on to complete law school at the University of Utah. He practiced law for several years while simultaneously overseeing Utah-based raptor education and breeding programs.

Jason has been jokingly referred to as a “reformed attorney” after his decision to return to the field that has always been his passion. Since joining the TRC team Jason has been quite busy. In addition to overseeing our raptor rehab efforts, this summer he offered TRC visitors guided facility tours and the opportunity to learn as raptors were flown loose outside.

These programs provided educational and exciting encounters with these magnificent raptors.

Jason has also conducted live raptor demonstrations at community events such as the Land Trust picnic and Old Bill’s Fun Run. His acute understanding of raptor behavior has been an asset both in our rehabilitation and education efforts. Jason is looking forward to being part of our organization as we continue to expand our future programs.

TRC Program Manager Jason Jones holds a Barbary Falcon.

What is a raptor?

A raptor is a bird of prey such as an eagle, hawk, falcon, owl or kite. Raptors are predatory birds that have three unique features: strong grasping feet with long talons for killing their prey, a curved beak for ripping their open their prey, and a strictly meat diet. They certainly have keen eyesight and hearing as well. Other predatory birds exist in the world, but raptors are the only birds that hunt exclusively with their feet.

Owly, the Great Horned Owl

Gus, the Golden Eagle

Ruby, the Red-tailed Hawk

Resident Raptors Offer Learning Opportunities

Meet the Teton Raptor Center Locals At TRC we have four raptors that are our permanent residents. These four raptors cannot be released back to the wild because of injuries they have sustained, and will always need someone to take care of them. As they cannot be released they serve as ambassadors for their species, providing visitors a unique learning experience. Let’s meet TRC’s feathered crew: Owly is a female great horned owl that hatched in 2004. In the fall of 2004, Owly was brought in after breaking her wing as a result of being struck by a vehicle. Unfortunately, Owly’s break extended into her wrist joint and after the break healed the joint no longer functioned properly.

We are lucky to have Owly in our group as so few people ever get a good look at owls because of their nocturnal habits. The great horned owl is the most common large owl in the United States. Locally, they are found in many wooded areas adjacent to open fields throughout the Jackson Valley.

In the wild, many great horned owls prey predominantly on rodents although they are capable of capturing larger prey items.

Great horned owls have amazing hearing and excellent night vision.

Owly, like her wild counterparts, is most active at night although she has become accustomed to her day job. During the day she has a bit of a cantankerous

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personality reminiscent of someone just awakened in the middle of a good nap.

Gus is a male golden eagle that is about five years old. Gus was found by a rancher who noticed that he had not fledged as he should have in early fall. Either because of an injury when he was very young or because of a birth defect, Gus has a permanent impairment to his right wing and has never been able to fly even a few feet.

Gus is often the most memorable raptor for guests at TRC. He is a large, impressive raptor with a wingspan of over five feet. The lightened, sometimes almost shimmering, feathers on his nape give this species its name. Golden eagles are common throughout most of Wyoming but are rarely permanent residents of Jackson Hole. They prey on mammals the size of ground squirrels on up to small antelope and deer. Gus has an inquisitive personality and often times seems as interested in our visitors as they are in him.

Ruby is a red-tailed hawk that was originally brought to a rehabilitation center in California after being struck by a vehicle. After caring for Ruby for some time, it became apparent that she had lost most of her eyesight as a result of head injuries sustained in the collision. Ruby needed a permanent home and was transferred to us from California several years ago.

Ruby is the only raptor we have at TRC whose age is unknown. As she was already in adult plumage when she was struck by

a vehicle, we have no way of knowing her true age. In captivity, a red-tailed hawk can live over 20 years. Red-tailed hawks eat mainly rodents. Rats, mice, and voles are captured in open fields after a slow descending glide from an elevated perch.

Red-tailed hawks are common throughout the United States and locally as well.

Ruby has a calm, almost stoic, personality rarely being bothered by anything. She has adapted perfectly to her role at TRC and is always a pleasure to work with.

Our merlin is the most recent addition to our group. After being flown for falconry for two seasons she contracted West Nile Virus, which left her completely blind in one eye. A raptor that is blind in one eye is always non-releasable as they lack depth perception and are unable to hunt. We added her to our collection over

this last summer to be a representative of the group of falcons.

Merlins are the second smallest falcons found in North America. They come in three distinct subspecies. Our merlin is a suckleyi, or black, subspecies that is most commonly found nesting in the North West coastal states. Although small—about the size of a meadow lark—merlins are true falcons and amazing athletes. They often times chase flocks of small birds thousands of feet into the sky trying to tire them and then overtake them. As she was once a falconry bird, our merlin is very tame. Her quirk is that she always turns in counter clockwise circles to try and get a look at everything with her one good eye.

—Jason Jones

call 307-200-6019.

Teton Raptor Center accepts injured, ill or orphaned birds of prey from throughout the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Since TRC works with a dedicated group of volunteers and concerned citizens, we are able to take in birds 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year.

JOIN Owly, Gus and Ruby Become a Member of Teton Raptor Center All members receive regular e-News updates, a nifty TRC decal, and the satisfaction of supporting the work of wildlife rehabilitation and education right here in Jackson Hole. Individual memberships start at $35. Choose a membership level that’s right for you and download an application form by visiting:

http://tetonraptorcenter.org/ Support_member.htm

THE BIRDER’S BOOKSHELF A Photographic Guide to North American Raptors, by Brian Wheeler, William Clark, Pete Dunn.

1995. 198 pages. Support your local bookseller.

For over 18 years I have been conducting field research on the raptors of Jackson Hole. I have received great pleasure by introducing the world of raptors to people of all ages and all experience levels with birds, and I have always recommended this book as the best field guide to start learning about identifying diurnal (daytime) raptors in the field. I think the photos are of excellent quality, and this guide provides several images of each species from angles you will see in the field such as perched and soaring from above and the side that show field marks on wings, tail, body and head. It also shows several examples of different color morphs and ages for most birds.

This is critical in understanding the variability in markings within a species. I particularly like the section on how to differentiate similar looking hawks; how to differentiate the Red-tailed Hawk versus Swainson’s Hawk, or a Prairie falcon versus a Peregrine Falcon. — Roger Smith

Our Sincere Thanks Our members and donors are “for the birds.” The success of the center has soared because of their generosity. We extend our heartfelt thanks for the financial support received from the many individuals, foundations and businesses listed below. Our equally important in-kind donors will be gratefully acknowledged in a future newsletter.

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