Fantastic work by Tiffany Hansen! I guess this was after it had been seen at Cherry Creek SP in the morning of the 16th. 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/a290acbd-9851-4f0c-a6a1-ed8c81dd6014n%40googlegroups.com.
