Re: bird rescue

Well- down at the preserve we brought him to a Nature Conservancy truck 
was there and we let the guy know what we were doing (and asked if he 
had any other suggestions).  He was fine with our actions and we all 
hope the little bird makes it.  Clearly it couldn't stay on the 5 ft 
wide cement pad on the north side of my house!

Theresa

Donna wrote:

>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:
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>>Good for you, Theresa!
>>
>>Lynda
>>Zone 7 - West TN
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net
>>[o*@hort.net] On
>>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:
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>>>Well- tonight certainly got more interesting.
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>>About 8:30 I was opening
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>>>up the windows in the house since it had cooled
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>>off outside.  I opened
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>>>the side window of my husband's office- and heard
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>>a horrible screach 
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>>>and saw a cat run away.  So I went dashing out to
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>>investigate.  
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>>>Finished shooing a black cat out of my yard and
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>>went down the side of 
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>>>my house to find a young heron there.  He was most
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>>unhappy, but 
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>>>unhurt.  So... what to do with it??  It didn't
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>>have all of its flight 
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>>>feathers yet, so I have no idea how it ended up at
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>>my house in the 
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>>>midst of suburbia.  Went and got a towel- thinking
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>>I could soothe it 
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>>>enough to catch it.  Yeah- right.  This thing
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>>screamed at me and 
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>>>flew/hopped away a bit.  So- went to get a box to
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>>try and catch it.  
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>>>With some effort, patience and a little coaxing
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>>(by waving the towel 
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>>>behind it) it finally hopped into the box and I
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>>closed it up.  The 
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>>>bird (including long yellow legs fully armed with
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>>claws on it's feet) 
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>>>was about 15 inches tall, with a beak about 5
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>>inches long.  Kind of 
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>>>fluffy still, but with mostly real feathers.  My
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>>husband helped with 
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>>>the catching part, and then drove me down to
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>>Cosumnes River Preserve 
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>>>about 15 minutes away where we released the little
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>>guys near the edge 
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>>>of a stream that has some nice oaks next to it and
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>>plenty of 
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>>>underbrush.  So.. hopefully he'll make it.  There
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>>should be plenty for
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>>>him to eat and I've seen herons there every time I
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>>go.  I did some 
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>>>research to find out what kind of heron he was-
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>>and have concluded 
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>>>that he was a Green Heron.  Here's a link to a
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>>photo that shows a 
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>>>young green heron (mine was more mature that this
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>>one in the
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>>>photo- but still gives the basic idea).
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>>>http://www.carolinawildlife.org/gallery22.htm
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>>>And more info about the species (including a link
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>>to the songs of the 
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>>>species).  The harsh squawking noise was the only
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>>one we heard.  It 
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>>>was quite clear that our little friend was rather
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>>pissed off about the
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>>>entire situation.
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>http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Green_He
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>>>ron_dtl.html
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>>>So, at least now he has a fighting chance of
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>>survival.  It made for a 
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>>>fascinating evening for me.  I still can't imagine
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>>how it ended up in 
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>>>my
>>>yard- but I guess at least he picked the right
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>>house to come to.
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>>>Theresa
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>>Pam Evans
>>Kemp TX
>>zone 8A
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