Ira and Tammy--if it would make you feel any better, we trapped a very healthy hummingbird this summer at our project that only had one functional leg. She seemed to be doing just fine in spite of her limitations. Birds can be incredibly adaptable. Jane Durango
Jane Pedersen [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Ira Sanders <[email protected]> To: cobirds <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Dec 8, 2016 8:41 am Subject: [cobirds] Disturbing bird incident 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/158dfbe507a-3eb3-1bcf%40webprd-m34.mail.aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
