So good of you, Sara. This happens all too often. I came across a goldfinch several years ago, stuck fast in the burrrs of a burdock along the East Ithaca RecWay (near Game Farm Road). Sadly, by the time I came by, it had perished.
Bob > On Oct 3, 2022, at 10:19 PM, Linda Orkin <wingmagi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So glad you happened along and rescued him. Small birds getting caught in > noxious weeds as they’re foraging for the seeds is a know hazard. Lucky for > him you came along. > > Linda Orkin > >> On Oct 3, 2022, at 10:10 PM, Sara Jane Hymes <s...@cornell.edu> wrote: >> >> Yesterday as I was out walking, a couple pointed out to me, that there was >> a Gold Finch flapping about in a burdock plant! I went up to the plant and >> saw that the bird’s wing was clearly stuck and attached to the burdock, so I >> gathered the bird in my hand and gently pulled its' stuck wing feathers >> away. I half expected it to fly away—but instead it sort of fluttered to >> the ground—and continued to rest. There wasn’t an appropriate nearby tree >> to set it upon, so we just left the bird on the ground—but underneath some >> large leafed weed—well concealed. I went to same spot on my walk today, and >> there was no sign of the bird. I like to think that it escaped predators. >> However, I had several burdock plants attached to my arm! I’ve heard of >> hummingbirds getting stuck in spider webs—but this was my first experience >> of a bird being caught on a burdock plant. >> -- >> >> Sara Jane Hymes >> >> >> -- >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> >> Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> >> Archives: >> The Mail Archive >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> >> Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> >> BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> >> Please submit your observations to eBird <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! >> -- > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > Archives: > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > Please submit your observations to eBird <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
