Brava, SeEtta! And a reminder to us all to keep our eyes out for trash, particularly fishing line and wires, etc. As in this instance, it might save a life.
Linda Hodges Conservation Chair Aiken Audubon Colorado Springs On Sat, Sep 25, 2021, 2:41 PM Adam Vesely <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow--sounds like a tremendous team effort! Thank you to Bob, Tim, and Dan > for rescuing this bird. And most importantly, kudos to SeEtta for > recognizing the dire situation this bird was in and taking the initiative > to do something about it. Great job all! > > Adam Vesely > Thornton, CO > > On Saturday, September 25, 2021 at 1:30:18 PM UTC-6 Laura Gorman wrote: > >> Thanks to the coming together of different people and entities in Cañon >> City, the young osprey on the nest at Valco Ponds was saved at 6 a.m. Sept. >> 16. >> >> Local resident and wildlife photographer Char Lindner said that SeEtta >> Moss, a local bird expert, had been studying the young osprey and noticed >> it had not left to begin its southward migration. She notified Bob Carochi >> of the Colorado Parks and Wildlife that the bird seemed to be entangled. >> >> Carochi, after receiving permission from the property owners, had help >> from Tim Koehn and Dan O’Shea, journeyman lineman with Black Hills Energy, >> who lifted Carochi up in the Black Hills bucket lift to help the bird. >> >> What he found were cords and baling twine, completely ensnarling the legs >> and talons of the osprey so that it could not fly from the nest. >> >> Moss had been watching its mother bringing in food when, at its maturity, >> it should have been doing this on its own, Lindner said. Carochi covered >> the bird with a towel and proceeded for almost half an hour cutting the >> twine and cords. Once freed, the bird flew off to a nearby tree. >> >> “Thanks to our Cañon City neighbors for caring and for saving the bird,” >> Lindner said. >> >> >> -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include > bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate > * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ > --- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/85dee575-2928-4748-8a8e-27cd5a96bf6dn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/85dee575-2928-4748-8a8e-27cd5a96bf6dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CABW16T%3DvGcXmnKzuoukjAd6gb8Pu7M1K6-hLtAa-BFwofNfLCQ%40mail.gmail.com.
