Third week at drumlin

week of 6/13 6/14

       This week was mainly just a continuation of last week. Though Paddy the Peking duck got back with his female mallard friend on 'good behavior,' so that's pretty exciting. I got to do more work on bird hill, cleaning the turkey and turkey vulture's cages. The turkey is a special case at Drumlin, he was found with his feathers clipped. After getting checked out at a vet clinic he was brought here in hopes that he can recover and be released at some point. Its interesting because we have to keep up the somewhat fearful relationship he has with humans so he doesn't get imprinted. That means if he gets too close I have to make a sudden movement or loud noise to scare him away. He is recovering nicely though, Every time I clean his cage I find more clipped feathers, which means the new ones are growing in.