Re: bird rescue

Dream big.  One never knows until one tries.
Kitty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Theresa" <tchessie@comcast.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 7:50 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] bird rescue


> Yeah- kind of stupid cat.  The bird didn't have a scratch on it.  So,
> pretty clear that the cat was just kidding himself.
>
> Theresa
>
> Pam Evans wrote:
>
> >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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