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Injured Falcon Rescued in Minnesota

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    Bird of prey gets temporary home

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With the manner in the Missouri -- how to.

Is that rescue hearts on the Foley Minnesota hobby -- that Brian fox shares of his son and wife Julie thinking points.

Thinking -- didn't.

-- can cook the family is far outnumbered by -- animals.

And rescues this.

Eric Hughes -- energy I going to.

Our vets office and I'll try to send animals home with -- thing all that I'll say yes they -- this once malnourished yellow lab a second chance.

Earlier this year we find him on the same road as the falcons and they snap back -- -- again on Friday when Julie spotted in injured guard.

Unable to get airborne you can -- -- -- was broke actually approached she realized this was no ordinary -- -- probably stay at about.

This high.

And the talents on it were there really line you can definitely tell with the birth right I mean I know with the -- cause.

So the department of natural resources and the use raptors sent there positively identified it as a rare -- -- -- -- falcon.

The gorgeous bird that -- Julie photographed.

Typically lives in the far corners of northern Canada and makes Cecil migration journeys all the way to central and South America.

Experts tell me -- -- can attack its -- in the air at more than 200 miles an hour.

It's not clear how this one was injured near -- but clearly it was heading way south for the winter all of a sudden.

Here is an -- rural Benton county and it's injured and it's now virtually in my arms and I'm taking a -- Get fixed.

Very much.

Well -- Julie got the falcon wrapped up and into the hands of professional handlers at the raptors center a surgery and it's broken wing is planned for sometime next week.

And there is no reason to doubt that this rarely seen -- in these parts will soon take flight again.

-- hear finally that you know it probably is the recoverable.

Injury that was very goodness.

After the surgery the raptor center plans to nurse the falcon that to -- the hope now is he'll be strong enough this spring.

To be released when the rest of the tons of power -- I'm making a long migration home to the northern reaches of Canada -- and Julie promise to follow the falcons' progress.

-- -- -- -- Reported from -- -- public Fox News.

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