Incredible! Please thank her for us! Job well done. Deb Carstensen, Arapahoe county Sent from my iPhone
> On Apr 23, 2022, at 2:58 PM, rosanne juergens <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > 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. -- -- 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/376CEA3A-9957-4B58-A40E-8291DA781CD3%40aol.com.
