RE: [cayugabirds-l] injured heron (alleged) was taken to vet's
I'm sure I can speak for all of us when I give a hearty THANK YOU to Kevin for his compassion. It's a heartbreaking story, but I am relieved that the poor creature is no longer suffering. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here: http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE From: bounce-119368264-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-119368264-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Kevin J. McGowan [k...@cornell.edu] Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 10:04 PM To: Laurie Roe Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] injured heron (alleged) was taken to vet's I went to check on the bird a bit after four. As I drove there I wondered what a heron was doing down in an apartment complex. But when I found building seven I looked up and saw the big power lines and I knew what to expect. Sure enough, when I drove up there was an adult heron lying panting on the ground with a horribly broken wing. The wing was pointing the wrong direction, and was covered in blood and flies. It was a classic power line strike with severely broken wing. It's almost always fatal and undoubtedly extremely painful I caught the bird quickly with as little stress as possible (for both of us; herons are big and potentially dangerous birds). I took it to the Cornell vet school's wildlife clinic where it was examined, anesthetized, and humanely euthanized, as I knew it would have to be. The wing was held on only by skin and was far beyond repair. The poor bird was in shock and obviously a lot of pain. I surmise that the heron struck the power lines in the fog in the morning. It was apparently flying full speed into the fog because it broke some ribs as well as it's wing, poor thing. I checked its feet and found both back toes present. So, who ever this heron was, it was not the male who was breeding on camera at the Lab the last few years. Kevin Sent from my iPhone On Jun 10, 2015, at 9:29 PM, Laurie Roe roel...@gmail.commailto:roel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I don't have any details but I was emailed that the bird was on the way to the vet's sometime this afternoon! Thanks to rescuers! Laurie -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] injured heron (alleged) was taken to vet's
Hi all, I don't have any details but I was emailed that the bird was on the way to the vet's sometime this afternoon! Thanks to rescuers! Laurie -- The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea. Isak Dinesen http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/i/isak_dinesen.html Healing Hands of Ithaca MassageIthaca.com 108 W. Buffalo Street, Ithaca,NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] injured heron (alleged) was taken to vet's
I went to check on the bird a bit after four. As I drove there I wondered what a heron was doing down in an apartment complex. But when I found building seven I looked up and saw the big power lines and I knew what to expect. Sure enough, when I drove up there was an adult heron lying panting on the ground with a horribly broken wing. The wing was pointing the wrong direction, and was covered in blood and flies. It was a classic power line strike with severely broken wing. It's almost always fatal and undoubtedly extremely painful I caught the bird quickly with as little stress as possible (for both of us; herons are big and potentially dangerous birds). I took it to the Cornell vet school's wildlife clinic where it was examined, anesthetized, and humanely euthanized, as I knew it would have to be. The wing was held on only by skin and was far beyond repair. The poor bird was in shock and obviously a lot of pain. I surmise that the heron struck the power lines in the fog in the morning. It was apparently flying full speed into the fog because it broke some ribs as well as it's wing, poor thing. I checked its feet and found both back toes present. So, who ever this heron was, it was not the male who was breeding on camera at the Lab the last few years. Kevin Sent from my iPhone On Jun 10, 2015, at 9:29 PM, Laurie Roe roel...@gmail.commailto:roel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I don't have any details but I was emailed that the bird was on the way to the vet's sometime this afternoon! Thanks to rescuers! Laurie -- The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea. Isak Dinesen http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/i/isak_dinesen.html Healing Hands of Ithaca MassageIthaca.comhttp://MassageIthaca.com 108 W. Buffalo Street, Ithaca,NY [cid:] -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] injured heron (alleged) was taken to vet's
Thanks, Kevin!!! Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edumailto:m...@cornell.edu On Jun 10, 2015, at 10:05 PM, Kevin J. McGowan k...@cornell.edumailto:k...@cornell.edu wrote: I went to check on the bird a bit after four. As I drove there I wondered what a heron was doing down in an apartment complex. But when I found building seven I looked up and saw the big power lines and I knew what to expect. Sure enough, when I drove up there was an adult heron lying panting on the ground with a horribly broken wing. The wing was pointing the wrong direction, and was covered in blood and flies. It was a classic power line strike with severely broken wing. It's almost always fatal and undoubtedly extremely painful I caught the bird quickly with as little stress as possible (for both of us; herons are big and potentially dangerous birds). I took it to the Cornell vet school's wildlife clinic where it was examined, anesthetized, and humanely euthanized, as I knew it would have to be. The wing was held on only by skin and was far beyond repair. The poor bird was in shock and obviously a lot of pain. I surmise that the heron struck the power lines in the fog in the morning. It was apparently flying full speed into the fog because it broke some ribs as well as it's wing, poor thing. I checked its feet and found both back toes present. So, who ever this heron was, it was not the male who was breeding on camera at the Lab the last few years. Kevin Sent from my iPhone On Jun 10, 2015, at 9:29 PM, Laurie Roe roel...@gmail.commailto:roel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I don't have any details but I was emailed that the bird was on the way to the vet's sometime this afternoon! Thanks to rescuers! Laurie -- The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea. Isak Dinesen http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/i/isak_dinesen.html Healing Hands of Ithaca MassageIthaca.comhttp://MassageIthaca.com 108 W. Buffalo Street, Ithaca,NY [cid:] -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
