Joe, I know from all my years of IA and NE birding that there are such things as "stock tank ladders" so that not only waterlogged birds, but mammals can get themselves out if they have fallen in trying to get a drink.
I googled it and got an RMBO article! Yea for RMBO! http://www.rmbo.org/dataentry/postingArticle/dataBox/WildlifeEscapeLadder[1] .pdf Kay Kayleen A. Niyo, Ph.D. Niyo Scientific Communications Kay Niyo Photography k...@kayniyo.com www.KayNiyo.com ______________________________ 5651 Garnet Street Golden, CO 80403 Phone: (303) 679-6646 Fax: (866) 849-8013 -----Original Message----- From: cobirds@googlegroups.com [mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joe Roller Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 1:31 PM To: Colorado Birds Cc: Tony Leukering Subject: [cobirds] Buteo behavior during Last Chance fire I visited Last Chance again today and chatted with a nearbyrancher I got to know during my atlas work on his spread. He was one of the heroes of the Last Chance fire, having disc'd fire lines for hours. He saved his neighbors, then barely stopped the fire only a few yards from his own home. He told me that while inspecting the land right after the fire, he came upon a stock tank, full of water, some ashes, a few dead Starlings and the carcasses of two "hawks." (Out there Swainson's Hawks predominate in the summer hawk department). I had not heard of this behavior before, but guessed that they had dived into the stock tank in desperation amid the flaming fields and the smoke. The thought that a "stock tank ladder" could have saved them crossed my mind, until I sadly realized that nothing would have helped. Oxygen was probably depleted from the air, among other hazards. Has anyone heard of this kind of avian response to a prairie fire? Joe Roller, Denver -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en-US. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en-US.
