Sophie

Name: Chosen from a "Name the Kestrel" contest
Date in: 06/03/00
Hatched: Spring 2000
Gender: Female
Age at arrival: Four to five weeks
Came from: Ekron, Kentucky

Story: Sophie was found in the middle of a road, and we assume a car had hit her. Her left eye was blasted, and she is totally blind in that eye. She also has a problem with her left wing and is not perfectly flighted. She lives with our male Kestrel, Shelby. Sophie replaced our older female Kestrel, Bridgette, as an education bird, and Bridgette is now able to serve as a foster mother to orphaned Kestrel chicks.