Educational Ambassador: Miskogwan
Red-Tailed Hawk
(Buteo jamaicensis)
Miskogwan's Personal History
Species: Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Family: Accipitridae
Age: Hatched in 2023
Sex: Male
Weight: 1050g (2.3 pounds)
Location Found: Found in South Dakota
Injury: Fractured right upper humerus that didn’t heal correctly. 2023
History: Miskogwan (meaning red feather in Ojibwe) was found along a roadside in South Dakota in 2023 as a juvenile. It was believed that he was there for at least a few days after being struck by a vehicle. By the time he was brought in to rehab his bones had set incorrectly which stops him from being fully able to fly. He was brought to Osprey Wilds in 2024.