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Erik Shaffer, federal wildlife biologist with USDA Wildlife Services, who has been embedded with the 104th Fighter Wing for six years, hold a plastic bin with the injured kestrel, 104th Fighter Wing, Westfield, MA, June 25, 2026. Shaffer monitors and disperses wildlife within a five-mile radius of the airfield, including nearby Hampton Ponds and Westover. Wildlife management is a major part of flight line safety and keeping birds out of the path of flying jets is critical. The young kestrel is now in expert care of Tom Ricardi at the Massachusetts Birds of Prey Rehabilitation Facility in Conway, MA, where he will be nursed back to health and eventually released back into the wild. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Melanie J. Casineau)
| Date Taken: | 06.25.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 07.08.2026 08:33 |
| Photo ID: | 9797315 |
| VIRIN: | 260625-Z-UG828-1011 |
| Resolution: | 3213x5712 |
| Size: | 4.29 MB |
| Location: | WESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, US |
| Web Views: | 4 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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Airfield Management and USDA Rescue Injured Kestrel at the 104th Fighter Wing
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