Jenny, a local reprentative of your state game commission should be able to help, even in your town. They trap them by the hundreds here on our nursery to band them and track migration. There are dove traps in which they place grain or cracked corn to lure the doves in, they cannot get out and then can be moved to another location if desired. Maybe something to check with. Greg.
On Jul 28, 6:42 pm, JennyNYC <[email protected]> wrote: > 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-... > My pictures:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i40ghHBY5Q > My > video:http://picasaweb.google.com/JennifDudley/RingneckDovesFlushingMeadowP... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
