Re: bird rescue

Donna mentioned illegallity of handling your heron. But I thought that
applied to Blue Herons. Are all herons covered by this law? According to
the website you gave about your green heron, "Common and widespread.
Populations difficult to census accurately, but appear stable."


Kitty

-- Theresa <tchessie@comcast.net> wrote:
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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