Wow! Thanks for posting about this Hugh! It was right after this that the Brown Pelican was seen at Cherry Creek on the 16th too! (It has since returned to Chatfield - unless as another birder reported, perhaps there were two?) Rosanne Juergens Centennial On Saturday, April 23, 2022 at 2:43:39 PM UTC-6 [email protected] wrote:
> Here's a part of the Brown Pelican story that we didn't know. Tiffany > Hansen emailed Denver Audubon about her adventure with the bird. > > On Saturday, April 16, just before 4 p.m., she kayaked over to watch > an eagle and discovered the Brown Pelican at water level tangled up in a > fishing line and lure. She paddled over and docked her kayak on the fallen > tree. > "A good amount of line was tangled on the fallen tree in the water > and still connected to the lure. The lure had two hooks with 3 barbs each. > One of the hooks was stuck in the outer elbow of the wing. The other was > stuck in 2 places - one in its lower eyelid, the other in the roof of its > upper bill." > She backed the barb out of the eyelid, then pulled out the one > from its bill. Then the pelican tried to flee, but then first she had to > extract the line from the bird's wing. > Once she did that, the pelican flew away and landed 50 yards away on > the water. > > What an heroic effort! > > Hugh > -- -- 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/9df56990-2585-4d88-9909-93b22250d796n%40googlegroups.com.
