Re: bird rescue

Awesome Theresa!  Proud of you!  Amazing a cat would attack a bird that large.

On 7/26/05, Theresa <tchessie@comcast.net> wrote:
> 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.
> 
> http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Green_Heron_dtl.html
> 
> 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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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
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