Mad Eye Tawny

This is Mad Eye Tawny, a Tawny Frogmouth. Its not a great photo of him because I didn't want to use the flash and blind him or disturb him too much, but its better than nothing. Unfortuantely, this little guy was hit by my cousin's car, but, fortunately, he stopped and checked on him. When it became apparent that he wasn't going to fly away by himself, Rob (who was travelling in convoy whith Chris) rang me up for advice. Mum and I then had a short notice road trip to Deloraine to pick him up, and brought him home to Mum and Dad's. There were no obvious major injuries, so I treated him for shock and concussion by giving him a hot water bottle and blanket and leaving him in a dark, quiet room for the night. Fidget didn't even notice that there was an owl in her house, but this morning she did throw a bit of a tantrum because she had been shut out of the room he was in all night and I was going in and out but denying her access.

This morning, I rang the wildlife care coordinator and she gave me the number of a carer that specialises in birds like Mad Eye. The carer, as it turns out, lives in Legana just over the road from the vet clinic I was taking Sophie to, so I packed Mad Eye in my cat's emergency evacuation box and Sophie in her comfy cardboard box into the front seat of my car and dropped of Mad Eye on the way to the vet. Hopefully he doesn't have any broken bones, and he'll be release back into the wild after a couple of days care.