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Call us at 1-770-720-1847 to discuss hawk rescue. We care for raptors (birds of prey) that cannot be released back to the wild.
We also rehabilitate hawks, owls, eagles, kites, falcons and ospreys.
We need Mouse Money!
We are a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization located in North Georgia providing hawk rescue and care for other raptors (birds of prey) including owls, eagles, falcons and osprey.
We operate our facility based on donations from caring people who, for one reason or another, aren’t in the position to be rehabbers themselves, but are interested in and dedicated to the preservation and protection of raptors.
We also do off site programs for schools, nature centers, scouts, birthday parties, public displays, etc. This is done on a fee basis. Please call for details!
Hacking for hawk rescue or owl rehabilitation.
Hacking is an old falconry technique that is literally, thousands of years old. Hacking (AKA soft release) is how we re-introduced the Golden Eagle back to the Cumberland Plateau in northwest Georgia, the American Bald eagle to the Lake Allatoona area north of Atlanta and the Peregrine Falcon in downtown Atlanta. We can help you with this procedure or provide it as a service.
For more information, see our blog post on Hacking Orphaned Hawks and Owls.
Here’s what we have going at Facebook
Please consider supporting this sweet lady. Her first coloring book has been published!
Know Your Animals- a coloring book
Know Your Animals is a coloring book for kids and adults. Each page includes a group of animals that are classified together and some that have no relatives at all. It's full of fun facts, pattern pag...Is there anyone local that wants a twin bed roll away? It's only been slept on 4-5 times and there is a good quality memory foam pad that I bought for it, too.
PS - Goodwill wouldn't take it because they're afraid of bed bugs. I get that, really I do, but the only house guest who has ever slept on this not only takes baths regularly, but also wears clean clothes and I hardly ever see her scratch. 🙂
When the man at Goodwill told me they couldn't take it, I then remembered an article I read a few years ago about a huge GW warehouse in CA that they had to burn to the ground because of an infestation of bed bugs! Made me itch just reading it!
If this is free, there’s a group called Greentree Canton you can join. Giveaways start with OFFER and if you’re looking for something NEED I think are the required words.
Google the Furniture Bank of Atlanta. They picked up 2 twin beds I had that were almost never used
Also try The Humane Society, pretty sure they pick up
Where are you located
Salvation Army will take
How about our spiffy new black backdrop??? Heck, I feel like Olan Mills!
Shout out to everyone who made the Hummingbird banding event a success at Smith Gilbert Gardens over in Kennesaw this morning! We really appreciate them asking us back every year!
If you've never been there, it's wonderful - you should put it on your list of things to do. It's a magnificent old house with beautiful gardens and bonsai and Lisa Bartlett threw the Butterfly House together in her sleep. It's a must see! The kids really love it.
HawkTalk is an itty bitty raptor charity north of Atlanta. We have a very low profile and since we are not open to the public, it's all but impossible for us to receive grants. We rely heavily on people to help us literally 5-10 dollars at a time to assist in our mission to nurse injured and orphaned birds of prey.
If you would care to help us with "Mouse Money', you can click on the donate button here on our FaceBook page which will take you to a secure Paypal screen. You can option to help us monthly or once. We would be most grateful for whatever help you could give us. We are a 501(c)3 and all donations are tax deductible. If you would prefer to mail a check, our address - HawkTalk - P.O. 130 - Holly Springs, GA - 30142
Thank you for your consideration.
That's Owlan Mills
Nice
Uh...I normally despise PETA, but it's good that they pulled the curtain back on this atrocity. Given that they are federally protected animals, how was this even legal?
ROE: John Hopkins Experiments On Barn Owls In A Little Shop Of Horrors
This obscenity should endApparently this is a true story. I went over to Johns Hopkins web site and searched the Dr.'s name and the word 'owls' and found this article. Holy CRAP. What I want to know is, were they given permission by US Fish and Wildlife and the state department of wildlife resources, a) and b) how did they acquire 15 barn owls? Were they removed from the wild, or purchased from a breeder?hub.jhu.edu/2018/10/30/barn-owls-brain-study/
I sincerely hope this experiment has concluded and these beautiful little creatures' suffering has come to an end. Just awful.
This reminds of the Guardians of Ga’hoole book series. They were experimented on. Very cruel. I was hoping to see an arrest or release update at the end of the article 😞
About 21 years ago, I was on a tour of part of Stanford University (Palo Alto) They also had a collection of Barn Owls they used for some level of experiments. I cannot remember what the experiments were, but I remember being startled by the dark room filled with beautiful perched white owls. I'm wondering if this is still going on there.
This is worse than a horror story! Extremely disturbing!
I agree - they're Federally Protected..! HOW did they even GET the Owls?!? Did USFW know? & if not, WHY not?! Answers! There need to be Answers! 🤬
What??? This is horrific
I don’t understand how this is even legal. Is anything being done?
Sick, cruel and pointless
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Cruel
Are you out and about Saturday doing a show anywhere?
NOooooo!
Noooo‼️😠
This is pure evil. How God must weep. There will be a very special place in hell for this demonic "scientist." 💔💔
This is awful... they should be using murderers, rapists and pedophiles...
8-11 Saturday - Fiona and I will be at Smith-Gilbert Gardens helping them celebrate another Hummingbird Banding Event!
We will be set up in the Carriage House, right across from the banding tent. For a 10$ Mouse Money donation, you can put the glove on and hold Fiona.
It will be very crowded with a long line, so your patience is appreciated.
Click on the link to learn more about the event and shuttle busing.
Here is dear Julia - co-owner of BWS holding Fiona.
Freddy Gutierrez vamos para que te tomes tu foto!!!!🦉😉
Holy COW!
Guess what??? I just got a call. One of the guys that came out to diagnose the compressor last month said he called Carrier with all the numbers on the unit and the compressor's still under warranty! The part's arriving towards the end of the week, so I should be back up to snuff by next week!!!!!!!!!!!
Great for you!!
That’s so great!!!!
About time for your luck to turn , girl!❤️
Oh that's awesome!!! You don't need any more bad luck....
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The universe is smiling at you!
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Yay!!!
Yeah
Oh jeez...I just found out why my newly donated buggy 'wobbles' when I drive it...the back left tire is totally separated and there's a huge bulge in the tire. It's a MIRACLE I haven't had a blow out.
Next set of bad news is the used tire places I called or went by, either they are out of that size, or the tread won't match the front. Since it's an AWD, the treads have to match up or the transmission will be damaged.
I'm sad.
It's always something...I was scraping $$ together to replace the compressor, but nooooo. *sigh*
Monteen we use an online place Discount Tires Direct then take to Walmart to mount.
Did you try kyles tires in cumming??
OK, so I go into Target to try to find a bird feeder and as I'm going down the pet food aisle, there is a lady filling her cart with small tins of FF.
I said someone's going to be very happy. She said, "I have 6 rescue someone's. My 'lap cat' died after a short illness last week." She burst into tears telling me that towards the end when the kitty couldn't balance in her lap any longer, she put a bed next to her on the couch so they could at least sit next to each other. As the cat started to pass, she looked up at her and reached out with her paw and rested it on the lady's arm, then died.
We BOTH were crying like fat dogs.
GOOD GOD.
Death is the final price to be paid for all the love given and received. *sigh*
I cried just reading this. I’ve wondered if there’s something wrong with me still mourning Mac and Casper at random times. Going to see my sister in Jacksonville FL tomorrow. She insisted i bring Patches with me like last year. She did great! She’s too old to board or leave alone more than 2-3 days. Sooo, I’m packing both of us up😎❤️
Thank you for taking the time to share this moment with the lady in the store. I am sure it meant a lot to her.
I have an amazing bird feeder that my dad makes that I can give you one of, if you would like. He passed away and I have some extras. I give them to good homes! 😉
I’m so glad you let her share, Monteen. ♥️
"If love would keep them alive, they would live forever." - Cockatiel page.
Yes it is sweetie - many {{{{HUGS}}}} to you both and all animal lovers <3
honey, you were sent to comfort her. Bless you <3 so sad!
I don't believe that love dies when we do. I believe that I will see my doggies and my kitties and my loved ones in heaven one and all when I go to heaven, too. The Bible says God is love and so are His animals so how could they not be there? The hope of heaven.....
Oh my heart!!! 😭😭😭
Here's what's important: Did you ever get the bird feeder?
I would have ugly cried with her.
One morning, just before dawn, I was 55 feet up a blind across from where we were hacking Bald eagles on Lake Allatoona. I hear BARKING off in the distance. Yeah, like a dog barking, except I was in the middle of a 20k acre DNR WMA and at least 100 feet above the water's surface. A bark 'here', then one from over 'there - then they started getting closer and closer together - turned out it was a pair of GHOW's. What an incredible experience to have watched these two land on a limb very close to me and allopreen as dawn began to break. I've been caressing Sam's beak ever since and God willing, he will reach his 30th birthday this January.
So just the familiar 'hoot' they give off is just a sample of their wide vocalization.
As I look back to that time, it's a wonder I survived all that, between hoisting buckets of fish in between the lightening strikes and the nest of flying squirrels that made their home up inside the blind. I would get dive bombed every time I would stick my head up through the floor.
I remember it was storming one day when I went to feed/observe and I took poor dear Steve with me. He was standing at the bottom of the hacking tower yelling up at me that I was insane and I was going to be killed by lightening. I kept telling him to STFU! Not supposed to be any human sounds while feeding! LOL
I wish I had more photos of that time. I lost a bunch that I had stored in my basement when it flooded back in 2009. 🙁
Here is Ted with one of our Golden babies. We now have great great grandbirds flying around along the Cumberland Plateau!
This was me shooting Ted, grabbing up the young ABE's to haul them down to the ground in order to affix the transmitters pre-release. This hack cage was 8x8x4 or something like that - pretty close company.
Yes, my eagle owl also barks. Very much like dog barks haha
What a beautiful memory. Thanks for sharing.
The Owls were very noisy this morning at about 5:00 a.m. near Lake Allatoona (I live on the western side in Acworth.)
Love what you do....
You need to share more stories❤️
