Socrates - Laura

I know many of you have met (or at least seen photos of) Socrates but Marijke reminded me that not everyone is well aqainted with my one-winged turkey vulture friend. I've been handling Soc for about two years through Wildlife Education and Environmental Programs (WEEP) here at the University of Guelph. Socrates is one of our non-releasable birds used for outreach education. He was hit by a car in his hatchling year and his wing was broken. After much veterinary care, his wing was amputated in 1992. We also have two great-horned owls (Octavius and Einstein), a red-tailed hawk (Kaila), a broad-winged hawk (Whistler), a peregrine falcon (Calypso) and two American crows (Poe and Loki).