Re: bird rescue

Thanks Andrea-

I keep thinking I'll go down and see if I see him around at the Preserve 
(like I'd know which one he was).  I guess at least if I saw some young 
green heron I'd assume it was him.

Theresa

A A HODGES wrote:

>Good job Theresa, I'm impressed. Herons are quite fierce if upset and they
>make a horrible racket around here sometimes. I have Great Blues and Greens
>in the pond across from me, plus egrets, etc. Love to see them. I'm sure
>he'll be fine. 
>
>Of course this was days ago so I'm sure he's already fine. I haven't had a
>chance to read hardly any emails in the past two weeks. I finally just
>deleted a bunch of them, although I hated to miss the chats! I'm playing
>catch up now!
>
>Andrea H
>Beaufort, SC 
>
>
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>>[Original Message]
>>From: Theresa <tchessie@comcast.net>
>>To: GardenChat <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>Date: 7/26/2005 10:01:54 PM
>>Subject: [CHAT] bird rescue
>>
>>Well- tonight certainly got more interesting. About 8:30 I was opening
>>
>>up the windows in the house since it had cooled off outside.  I opened 
>>the side window of my husband's office- and heard a horrible screach and 
>>saw a cat run away.  So I went dashing out to investigate.  Finished 
>>shooing a black cat out of my yard and went down the side of my house to 
>>find a young heron there.  He was most unhappy, but unhurt.  So... what 
>>to do with it??  It didn't have all of its flight feathers yet, so I 
>>have no idea how it ended up at my house in the midst of suburbia.  Went 
>>and got a towel- thinking I could soothe it enough to catch it.  Yeah- 
>>right.  This thing screamed at me and flew/hopped away a bit.  So- went 
>>to get a box to try and catch it.  With some effort, patience and a 
>>little coaxing (by waving the towel behind it) it finally hopped into 
>>the box and I closed it up.  The bird (including long yellow legs fully 
>>armed with claws on it's feet) was about 15 inches tall, with a beak 
>>about 5 inches long.  Kind of fluffy still, but with mostly real 
>>feathers.  My husband helped with the catching part, and then drove me 
>>down to Cosumnes River Preserve about 15 minutes away where we released 
>>the little guys near the edge of a stream that has some nice oaks next 
>>to it and plenty of underbrush.  So.. hopefully he'll make it.  There 
>>should be plenty for him to eat and I've seen herons there every time I 
>>go.  I did some research to find out what kind of heron he was- and have 
>>concluded that he was a Green Heron.  Here's a link to a photo that 
>>shows a young green heron (mine was more mature that this one in the 
>>photo- but still gives the basic idea).
>>
>>http://www.carolinawildlife.org/gallery22.htm
>>
>>
>>And more info about the species (including a link to the songs of the 
>>species).  The harsh squawking noise was the only one we heard.  It was 
>>quite clear that our little friend was rather pissed off about the 
>>entire situation.
>>
>>
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>>
>http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Green_Heron_dt
>l.html
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>
>>So, at least now he has a fighting chance of survival.  It made for a 
>>fascinating evening for me.  I still can't imagine how it ended up in my 
>>yard- but I guess at least he picked the right house to come to.
>>
>>Theresa
>>
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