RE: bird rescue
I think it is great that you helped the bird out- as
long as it is not heading to illinois :)
that said-
Becareful who sees you doing this- although your
intentions are great, it could land you in major
trouble- they are endangered and you are not allowed
to even relocate them...last time I checked anyways.
Donna
--- Lynda Young <lyoung@grindertaber.com> wrote:
> Good for you, Theresa!
>
> Lynda
> Zone 7 - West TN
>
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> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net
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> Behalf Of Pam Evans
> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 9:36 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] 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_He
> > ron_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
> zone 8A
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