The world is a mask that hides the real world.
Thatâs what everybody suspects, though the world we see wonât let us dwell on it long.
The world has ways - more masks - of getting our attention.
The suspicion sneaks in now and again, between the cracks of everyday existenceâ¦the bird song dips, rises, dips, trails off into blue sky silence before the note that would reveal the shape of a melody that, somehow, would tie everything together, on the verge of unmasking the hidden armature that frames this sky, this tree, this bird, this quivering green leaf, jewels in a crown.â¦
As the song dies, the secret withdraws.
The tree is a mask.
The sky is a mask.
The quivering green leaf is a mask.
The song is a mask.
The singing bird is a mask.
Sunday, December 11, 2005
superior surgery success
Injured falcon survives sugery
Sunday, December 11, 2005
Perrysburg, Ohio - Superior,a 6-month-old peregrine falcon,underwent surgery Saturday at the Perrysburg Animal Hospital to fix his broken left wing,said Mona Rutger, director of the Back to the Wild Wildlife Rehabilitation& Nature Center near Castilia, Ohio.
Veterinarians inserted two vertical pins into the falcon's humus bone, which extends from the shoulder to the elbow, then attached a Kirchner apparatus,which will hold the pinned bone in place, Rutger said.
"We were worried because peregrines typically stop breathing during surgery because of the anesthetic,but he came through fine," she said.
Superior will have his wing wrap removed in three days,then undergo therapy to keep his shoulder joint mobile. He will live in a small conditioning cagefor about 2 1 / 2 weeks before being moved to a large flight cage,Rutger said.
Superior could be released in early spring if he shows good flight, she said.
To find out more about the center,go to its Web site:
www.backtothewild.com
© 2005 The Plain Dealer © 2005 cleveland.com All Rights Reserved.
Sunday, December 11, 2005
Perrysburg, Ohio - Superior,a 6-month-old peregrine falcon,underwent surgery Saturday at the Perrysburg Animal Hospital to fix his broken left wing,said Mona Rutger, director of the Back to the Wild Wildlife Rehabilitation& Nature Center near Castilia, Ohio.
Veterinarians inserted two vertical pins into the falcon's humus bone, which extends from the shoulder to the elbow, then attached a Kirchner apparatus,which will hold the pinned bone in place, Rutger said.
"We were worried because peregrines typically stop breathing during surgery because of the anesthetic,but he came through fine," she said.
Superior will have his wing wrap removed in three days,then undergo therapy to keep his shoulder joint mobile. He will live in a small conditioning cagefor about 2 1 / 2 weeks before being moved to a large flight cage,Rutger said.
Superior could be released in early spring if he shows good flight, she said.
To find out more about the center,go to its Web site:
www.backtothewild.com
© 2005 The Plain Dealer © 2005 cleveland.com All Rights Reserved.
