Supermum Rescues Again Lol

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Our family love animals, my mum has rescued quite alot of animals, that are in need of help, such as, swan, seagul, rabbit, fox, they are just a few.

she doesn't do this as a job, she just finds them in a state, and wants to help them.

anyway yesterday she was in her car, parked outside where she works, and infront of her there was a metal caged fence, and she said that she saw something hit the fence at quite a speed, she said that she thought it was some kids throwing wood or something, and way she started hearing skwarking noises, she got out of the car and infront of her was a young kestral and a starling, obviously the kestral was chasing its meal, or hit the fence just before it caught the starling, anyway she saw that the kestral wasn't moving much just making heavy breathing noises, so she picked it up, the bird didn't even attack her, she knew something was wrong, then she noticed alot of blood coming out of one of the legs, she rang me and asked me to ring the RSPCA, so i rang them up and said that " my mum had found a kestral" and they said " to be careful of the birds powerful beak", but at this time the bird was lifeless, just had really heavy breathing, she had a box in the boot of her car, so she put her coat in the box and led the bird down, around 15 minutes after i rang the rspca they were at my house, and my mum was bringing the bird to the house to meet the rspca, after we were talking to the man from the rspca he said that " the bird has suveered a nasty break in one of his legs, and needs to be seen to", so he took the bird back to the rspca.

today they rang up the house and said that " the bird is recovering fast, hes perked up alot more than yesterday, and thinks it will make a full recovery. :D

quite a story ay :rolleyes:
 
Our family love animals, my mum has rescued quite alot of animals, that are in need of help, such as, swan, seagul, rabbit, fox, they are just a few.

she doesn't do this as a job, she just finds them in a state, and wants to help them.

anyway yesterday she was in her car, parked outside where she works, and infront of her there was a metal caged fence, and she said that she saw something hit the fence at quite a speed, she said that she thought it was some kids throwing wood or something, and way she started hearing skwarking noises, she got out of the car and infront of her was a young kestral and a starling, obviously the kestral was chasing its meal, or hit the fence just before it caught the starling, anyway she saw that the kestral wasn't moving much just making heavy breathing noises, so she picked it up, the bird didn't even attack her, she knew something was wrong, then she noticed alot of blood coming out of one of the legs, she rang me and asked me to ring the RSPCA, so i rang them up and said that " my mum had found a kestral" and they said " to be careful of the birds powerful beak", but at this time the bird was lifeless, just had really heavy breathing, she had a box in the boot of her car, so she put her coat in the box and led the bird down, around 15 minutes after i rang the rspca they were at my house, and my mum was bringing the bird to the house to meet the rspca, after we were talking to the man from the rspca he said that " the bird has suveered a nasty break in one of his legs, and needs to be seen to", so he took the bird back to the rspca.

today they rang up the house and said that " the bird is recovering fast, hes perked up alot more than yesterday, and thinks it will make a full recovery. :D

quite a story ay :rolleyes:

ahh good for her at least some people cAre
 
Awesome!
:D
My family and I like to recue animals, too. We used to rescue crows a lot, and other birds. One time at work I rescued a young woodpecker that had flown into the glass. Poor thing.
Cheers and a pat on the back for everyone who cares!
 
Just a thought from a falconer... I don't think Kestrels hunt birds, their prey is small mammals on the ground, that's why they use that hovering technique. I think your mum may have rescued a Sparrowhawk. Although if she ID'd it from a picture or something or she knows her stuff, then I could be wrong about that! Well done her on the rescue though :)
 
I reckon it depends more on prey availability; both the American Kestrel, and the Lesser Kestrel (which I'm thinking is what you have in Europe?) eat diets mostly consisting of small mammals such as the vole, but are also adept at hunting small birds such as sparrows, large insects, small lizzards, etc. But a kestrel would have to be mighty hungry to tangle with something as big as a starling!

And - way to go, Supermum! Kudos to your mother for helping out a raptor in need.
 

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