Jenny,
I have wanted to respond. I'm sure that I, like others, feel helpless. I personally have no idea of what to even suggest. We all feel your pain. I am willing to contribute some money to help if funds can be used. Just let me know where to send a contribution and who to make it out to. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 7:42:40 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [ENTS] Re: help me with doves in trees! Greg, Russ and everyone, Thank you for your help and recommendations. I can't get any state agency to help. The Bronx Zoo won't even help (the woman I spoke with told me in a very rude way to "cut to the chase" when I was explaining the situation to her.) The Queens County DEC never even called me back. The NYS DEC did their best to offer recommendations, but no actual help! I'm going truly and seriously mad. A pest control guy told me exactly what cage I needed, which I have to mail order. I can't even find a pest control business to help because it is on city park property. I have to secure a permit. And even then, one guy admitted to me that their methods probably were not appropriate. There are 40 doves! And the "they" that have actually rescued 25 doves already are the volunteers at NYC PIgeon Rescue Central. We've been there every day with our paltry equipment and broken hearts. Not any of the people quoted in the articles have helped. I wish I had the energy to post a picture of the wonderful tree they are perching in that is protecting them from rain and cats and dogs while it's raining cats and dogs. I don't even know what kind of tree. Which makes me feel even worse! The best I can come up with is "elm-like". Deeply fissured brownish bark. Seems to have 'mated' with another of it's kind beside it. Simple leaves in the beech tree leaf shape, I think they are toothed. opposite branching. Drooping branches. openly grown. Round canopy. I know there are still things to do and calls to make but I am so so tired and sad. Thank you guys so much. Jenny -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: ENTSTrees <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Jul 29, 2009 10:42 am Subject: [ENTS] Re: help me with doves in trees! 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 ... Hot Deals at Dell on Popular Laptops perfect for Back to School --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
