Bald Eagle 
(Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Abiaka was hatched in December 2009 and fell from his nest on Honeymoon Island, severely injuring his right wing. Two primary tendons that control the outer half of the wing were severed, rendering him incapable of flight. He weighs approximately 6 pounds and is anticipated to live 30-40+ years in captivity. 

Turkey Vulture
(Cathartes aura)

Pugsley arrived at BHNP in 2001 as a juvenile. He had a broken radius (small bone at the leading edge of the wing) that did not heal properly, thus limiting his ability to fully extend his wing. How the injury occurred is unknown. However, this robbed him of the ability to glide and soar, essential to vultures in their search for food.

Black Vulture
(Coragyps atratus)

Howi is believed to have hatched in 2013. She was originally named ‘Howard’ after the preserve employee who discovered her on Boyd Hill Nature Preserve property acting sickly. A past wing fracture which calcified and healed improperly has limited her ability to soar to find food. 

Northern Crested Caracara 
(Caracara cheriway)

Salvador Dali arrived is believed to have hatched in 2016. He calls BHNP his home because, after being struck by a car, he lost sight in his left eye. 'Sal' is fully flighted and very inquisitive. Caracaras do not reside in Pinellas County, but Florida has a small, stable population.

Great Horned Owl
(Bubo virginianus)

Nyx came to us in the summer of 2015 at about 7 months of age. She is named after the Greek goddess of the night. She had suffered a wing injury to her left wrist, which had subsequently become infested with maggots and left her unable to regrow her outer primary flight feathers.

Great Horned Owl
(Bubo virginianus)

Archimedes is a female who came to us in September of 2012 from the Busch Wildlife Sanctuary in Jupiter, FL. She is named after the ancient Greek mathematician. We know little of “Archie’s” history, but her injury results from a gunshot wound to the right wing. The wound was so severe that her wing had to be partially amputated. 

Barred Owl
(Strix varia)

Mystic came to BHNP in September 2009. She was already 10 years old at the time. Mystic has a malformed right wing and a chronic toe injury on her right foot. While she has some flight ability, it is not enough to hunt successfully in the wild. She is considered “retired,” and no longer goes out on programs.

Barred Owl
(Strix varia)

Aldo came to BHMP in 2019. He was found tangled in fishing line, near the water in Tampa. Busch Gardens performed surgery to remove the tip of his right wing. They believe he was a young bird, approximately a year old, when he was found.

Screech Owl 
(Megascops asio)

Wookie is a red morph who arrived in 2011 as a chick. She can be identified by her deformed right foot which may have been broken and healed in a deformed manner, or it could be the result of a birth defect. This prohibits her from grasping and holding prey effectively. 

Screech Owl
(Megascops asio)

Tuesday came to BHNP in the spring of 2014 as an adult of unknown age. She is an imprint. An imprinted bird is a bird that has been raised and/or handled extensively by humans and therefore has not learned the skills required to be a bird, such as hunting, defending territory, etc.

Screech Owl
(Megascops asio)

Red arrived to BHNP as a one-year-old in the summer of 2016 as a human imprint, along with Brave. We were told that Red was surrendered by an individual that did not have proper permits to have him.

Screech Owl
(Megascops asio)

Brave was approximately three months old in 2016 when he arrived at our program. He came as an imprint, meaning he does not know what it means to be an owl since he was not raised by them. He got his name due to his brave and curious personality when he arrived as a very young bird.

Short-Tailed Hawk
(Buteo brachyurus)

D’Artagnan, or “Dart,” for short, arrived in June 2021 with a permanent wing injury. Short-tailed hawks are not native to this part of Florida, but rather to south Florida, coastal Mexico, and much of South America. Dart is a dark morph more common in Florida, but in other areas short-tailed hawks can be found with a white breast coloring.

Red-Tailed Hawk
(Buteo jamaicensis)

Edge came to Boyd Hill in the summer of 2023 as a juvenile. She was struck by a car in North St Pete and suffered damage to her right eye, making her permanently blind and non releasable. She is named after Rosalie Edge who was a conservationist and created Hawk Mountain Sanctuary.

Red-shouldered Hawk
(Buteo lineatus)

Rusty came to us as a fledged juvenile in early 2014. His right eye appears missing, but it is deeply shrunken and deflated inside his skull. It is believed that, while pursuing his prey, he collided with an unknown object. This is further supported by a broken collar bone on the same side which, after healing, limits full motion of the left wing. 

American Kestrel
(Falco sparverius)

Cade came to our program in the summer of 2023 as a juvenile. When he was a chick he was illegally taken from the wild and raised by humans. By the time he was taken to a rehabilitator he had become imprinted to humans, and suffered from physical development issues due to nutritional deficiencies from an improper diet. Cade is named after Tom Cade, Founding Chairman of the Peregrine Fund.