The future of an injured University of Toledo nesting peregrine falcon rescued last week in central Toledo is still up in the air.
Suffering from a bone fracture and tissue rupture in the left wing, Mary Ann has been stabilized and has a 50-50 chance of regaining full mobility, a prerequisite for release back into the wild, according to Waterville’s Nature’s Nursery, a wildlife rescue and rehabilitation facility.
Laura Zitzelberger, Nature’s Nursery’s co-founder, said the bird is facing a prospect of four to six weeks of physical therapy at the Ohio Bird Sanctuary in Mansfield, Ohio, before it is clear whether she is releasable…