Resident Birds

Red-Shouldered Hawks

 

Harrison was captive bred at the CRP. She was kept with the intent to be used in further breeding, but is now trained as an education bird.

Ford was part of a captive-breeding program to support local declining red-shouldered hawk populations. He raised many chicks with his mate Fischer, until she passed away from old age a few years ago.

Red-Tailed Hawks

Eleanor, or “Ellie” as we call her, was a rehabilitation case from the Cornell Wildlife Health Center. It is estimated that she was hatched in 2001. She has a permanent right wing injury that causes her to be non-releasable.

E3 is often recognized due to his origin as one of Ezra and Big Red’s “E” chicks in 2014 on the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s live cameras. Thousands witnessed his hatching and fledging. Unfortunately, he was later found with a broken right wing from a run in with a greenhouse vent. He was successfully rehabilitated but cannot fly well enough to be released. He has been trained as an ambassador for the CRP.

Guinevere “Gwen” was found in Rochester County in November of 2020 and appeared to have limited flight ability, so she was brought to the Wildlife Health Clinic at Cornell. She had muscular atrophy and showed characteristics of being imprinted. It is likely that she was kept in captivity without much proper exercise and thus did not gain the strength to fly long distances. She is now an excellent education bird.

Northern Goshawks

Dean and Fred were originally obtained for our breeding program but have transitioned to education.  Dean, a partially imprinted bird, is our education-trained goshawk.  Fred was a passage bird acquired from a falconer; she joined the program due to a left wing injury and participates in education programs on occasion.

Harris Hawks

Kevin, Wyatt, and Virgil were all captive bred at the CRP. Due to the more social nature of Harris Hawks, these few individuals were imprinted and trained for education.

Ted has a wing injury and cannot fly properly. He was rehabilitated by the Cornell Wildlife Health Center and brought to the CRP in summer 2016.

Peregrine Falcon

Artemis was banded as a chick in the Cape Cod region and later found as a juvenile with a serious wing injury. Part of her right wing had to be amputated, leaving her mostly unable to fly. Now about three years old, she is a very special bird to have in our program due to CRP’s history as the Peregrine Fund.

 

Snowy Owl

Denali and Klondike were both originally wild birds who sustained wing injuries that left them unable to fly well. Denali suffered a break to her right wing, while Klondike was found in Baldwinsvile, NY with nerve damage to his left wing. They came to CRP in March 2018, and Klondike has debuted as an education bird!

Great-Horned Owl

Gertrude was acquired from the Cornell Wildlife Health Center in 2011 with a partially amputated wing. We suspect she may have been injured when she tried to catch a skunk for dinner due to the fact that she smelled like one when we got her.

Winston was acquired in summer 2020 from the Cornell Wildlife Health Center. He was found in Owego on someone’s deck and was found to be depressed, weak, thin, and dehydrated. Radiographs revealed an old fracture of of the right wing that had healed abnormally and left him unable to survive in the wild.

Eastern Screech Owl

Odin came to CRP from a local wildlife rehabilitator. He sustained a permanent right wing injury and ocular trauma to his left eye, and is missing his right eye likely due to a car collision.
Brunhilda is one of the most recent additions to CRP. She was acquired from a local wildlife rehabilitator after losing part of her right wing. She is our only red-phase screech owl and has a spicy personality to match!
Wesley was estimated to have hatched in 1995 and is with us at the CRP due to a left eye injury which has impaired her ability to hunt and fly.

Barred Owl

Oscar suffered an unknown wing injury in the wild which did not heal well enough to permit full flight. Oscar would not be able to fly and hunt well enough to survive in the wild, so he resides at the CRP as an ambassador bird.

Merlin

 

Amelia was found unable to fly due to a right wing injury. After she was found to be non-releasable, she was taken in to CRP and trained as an education bird.

Eagles

Gracie, our resident female Bald Eagle, has been with CRP since 1997. She was treated for gunshot wounds to the left wing and leg at the Wildlife Clinic, then transferred to CRP.

Esther, our resident female Golden Eagle, was acquired from Billings, Montana in 1996 as a very young bird with a permanent wing luxation.

Leon, our resident male Golden Eagle, was acquired from Wyoming in 2010. He is non-releasable due to wing and eye injuries.