Injury:  Blinded in right eye

TJ is a female American Kestrel that was found by a researcher in the Stevens Point area.  While checking a nestbox for young kestrels to band she discovered TJ.  TJ was much smaller than her nest mates and her right eye appeared to be infected.  It was decided to bring her to the Center to be raised as an orphan.  Shortly after coming to the Center her head turned completely upside down.  (This may have happened due to a birth defect or lack of proper nutriention before she came to us.)  Eventually by the end of the summer her her head turn right side up again, but she has little to no sight in her right eye due to the infection.

TJ became a member of our education team in the fall of 2008.  She will be used as one of our education birds in our Birds of Prey and help teach people about falcons.

*TJ is our only bird to have two names.