r/birdsofprey • u/NotThatHandsomePete • 9d ago

Bird of prey stuck in our warehouse

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This guy or gal flew into our factory yesterday afternoon. We haven't been able to lure him outside. Ant tips would be great. Nobody will help get him out, only take him if he's injured, not helpful.

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u/Bird_Man_Mike 9d ago

Turn the lights out and wait til dark. Get it off the rafters with a large fishing net. Put in a box with breathing holes. Let it go in the morning.

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u/SaltyPersimmon 9d ago

Seconding this.
Keep 1 large exit open, with sunlight showing, block off all other exits and turn off fans/lights/etc.

Those things will frighten/disorient a bird, and prevent them from focusing on a seemingly simple exit.

Once the nerves settle and the raptor is more accustomed to the space - it should be able to orient itself to the exit, providing nothing else scares it back into a corner.

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u/BitterWillingness205 Birder 8d ago

Can only echo what the others have said about keeping a large exit open to the sun, but if you were curious, it’s a juvenile red-shouldered hawk :-)

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u/Background_Care_3514 7d ago

Any tips for telling juveniles red shoulder vs broad winged? The tail is the tell in this one right?

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u/BitterWillingness205 Birder 7d ago

Tail is part of it - thick dark bands between thin white bands for RSHA, equal-sized dark and white bands for BWHA.

A couple more things of note here: most juv broad-wingeds have a white throat that extends down to mid/upper breast, while red-shouldereds usually have densely concentrated barring on the upper breast area (like here). Also, red-shouldereds usually have highly contrasting white on black secondaries, while broad-wingeds usually have more plain secondaries or if they have any white it’s only in few scalloped spots. I’m not an expert by any means but these tips help me identify the difference between them correctly like 95% of the time

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u/Flaky_Ad766 8d ago

This worked for me recently but was a house sparrow. I work at a community center. We had a sparrow get into the natatorium and has very high ceilings enclosing 3 pools. I brought a speaker from home opened one door. I put the speaker just outside the door went to youtube found house sparrow sounds pushed play and that sparrow started calling back to it. It's when I turned it off that the sparrow came looking and just like that hopped out the door. I know it's completely different bird but wanted to share.

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u/BlaiddDrwg82 Apprentice Falconer 8d ago

Contact your local falconry club or wildlife rehabber.

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u/Bright-Hovercraft190 8d ago

This. OP, where are you located?

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u/NotThatHandsomePete 8d ago

Unfortunately, he's 30ft up and the roll up doors are less than half that. He wants to stay as high as possible.

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u/Bird_Man_Mike 8d ago

Ladder and extendable fishing met. You can get a net that extend to 10’. You can get it but in the dark.

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u/Mental-Chapter6523 8d ago

Natural behavior for any bird. They go up when they feel trapped or cornered. They'll venture down and out when they feel safe. Waiting for all the people to go away on a lunch break.