Jenny, This is sad. I'm sure you must have already thought of this, but wouldn't someone in the ASPCA have any ideas of how to help? I've watched Animal Precinct, and they seem to have a lot of ideas and good resources there. But maybe you've already asked. It was just a thought. Barry
--- On Tue, 7/28/09, JennyNYC <[email protected]> wrote: From: JennyNYC <[email protected]> Subject: [ENTS] help me with doves in trees! To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 4:42 PM ENTS, Do you know anybody that has ever trapped dove sized birds? There are 45 ringneck doves that are roosted in trees in a small park in Queens, NYC. They were released at some event and, being doves not homing pigeons, they just flew to the nearest trees. It's horrifying. 20 have been rescued - they are the weak, injured and babies (yes, they used babies). 4 have died. They've been out there for 5 days now. They are terrified and have no idea how to fend for themselves. They will eat the seeds we put on the ground only if we are more than 20 ft. away. We have many rehabbers that will care for them. And one guy in our rescue group offered financial help. Are there people that trap birds professionally? This is beyond our capabilities as a small volunteer rescue group and there is NO SERVICE in NYC that seems to know how to help, despite press (see links). I'm sorry to post this non-tree discussion (they like roosting in the white pines - good visibility), but I'm so sick in my heart about this. Jenny links: New York times: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/real-doves-for-the-i-do-its-best-if-you-dont/ My pictures: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i40ghHBY5Q My video: http://picasaweb.google.com/JennifDudley/RingneckDovesFlushingMeadowPark?feat=directlink --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
