Many years ago, in Connecticut, my father rescued a whole nest of barn swallow babies, trying to be fledglings. The parents built a nest in his barn (lots of them did so) and in this nest used fishing line. He watched them and when the babies were ready to leave the nest, he found them lined up on the barn beam with fishing line wrapped around their legs. There were 3 or 4. The parents dive bombed him during the rescue but he painstakingly removed all the fishing line from their legs. He also removed that nest because it had so much in it. And as far as we knew, those babies all survived and flew successfully.
Deb From: bounce-127382401-83565...@list.cornell.edu <bounce-127382401-83565...@list.cornell.edu> On Behalf Of Candace E. Cornell Sent: Friday, April 28, 2023 11:19 AM To: Ingrid Bessette-Center <silkyha...@gmail.com> Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fwd: What happened here on purple martin house ? [https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/AGNmyxbEF6BITZXxDSBoMA23h97MEl6Ca3fivNwo5qni=s80-p] [http://images/cleardot.gif] Ingrid Bessette-Cen...1 more Draft saved Ingrid, The unfortunate bird used an improperly disposed of mono-filament fishing line in its nest and became entangled in it. Most likely the bird starved to death. If it had young inside, they probably starved as well. At the Salt Point Natural Area and Myers Park in Lansing, the Friends of Salt Point have installed fishing line recycling containers to prevent such tragedies. Fishermen use them to dispose of unwanted line and tackle. The Lansing Parks Department graciously collects it and disposes it properly. Candace On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 6:32 PM Ingrid Bessette-Center <silkyha...@gmail.com<mailto:silkyha...@gmail.com>> wrote: ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Ingrid Bessette-Center <silkyha...@gmail.com<mailto:silkyha...@gmail.com>> Date: Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 6:24 PM Subject: To: Ingrid Bessette-Center <silkyha...@gmail.com<mailto:silkyha...@gmail.com>> Sent from my iPhone -- 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/ --
