Hi Ira and birders, Perhaps a hair dryer with a long extension cord would work better.
Mary Keithler, Arapahoe County Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 8, 2016, at 8:41 AM, Ira Sanders <[email protected]> wrote: > > This morning when I went to put out the feeders, there was a goldfinch > hanging from the metal arm of the hooks we use to hang the feeders. At first > it wasn't moving and I was wondering how a bird could somehow die in that > position. I have no idea how long it was there, but I'm sure it was long > enough to weaken it. As I got closer, I saw it's eyes were open and then it > started to flutter a little. It's foot had frozen to the iron arm and it was > hanging by 1 foot. I ran in to get some water to get it loose, but our > efforts, which were incompetent and inadequate, didn't save all of it's foot. > > My first efforts only caused ice to form and made it worse. > The bird did fly from Tammy's hand but part of it's foot was still on the > metal. Obviously we did it wrong. In retrospect, I don't think warm water > was a good idea at all. > In case someone else has this same miserable experience, maybe some > forethought could result in a successful outcome and not our utter failure. > > -- > Ira Sanders > Golden, CO > "My mind is a raging torrent flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into > a waterfall of creative alternatives." > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CABF3siFD4-93S4BVOPBHFU26HE%2BPZEHxTdD-J88oz%2BN4W0Y3wQ%40mail.gmail.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/31080AF3-9EB9-4A87-A266-53DA68F4D267%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
