Following up on Andy's post, I was told that yesterday afternoon around 12-1 there was a woman present who said she was a wildlife biologist or rehabilitator, and she had a crab net to try and catch the bird. Since I saw reports of sightings late in the afternoon I assumed she was unsuccessful. Maybe she returned later and did catch it. What I don't understand is why she was there in the first place, more so given scarce resources and budget cuts. The recent newspaper article by a rehabilitation facility said most Dovekies don't do well in rehab and 80% die. So why bother trying to catch a seemingly actively feeding bird, admittedly in an unusual location, when doing so would increase its probability of death? Isn't that time spent more productively rescuing beached animals or clearly injured inviduals? The Dovekie only had to swim out a hundred yards or so to the bay, which in turn connects to the ocean. What's going on here?
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:39:30 -0500 Subject: [nysbirds-l] Timber Point Doveke - NO - Sunday, 31 January From: guthr...@gmail.com To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu Just got off the phone with my Dad (Rich Guthrie) who was at Timber Point in hopes of seeing the long-staying Dovekie. He did not see it, and according to others on the scene the Dovekie has not been seen all day. There were also second-hand rumors that the Dovekie was taken in, perhaps to a rehabilitator. Anyone have more details on this? Assuming it's true, it would have been useful for word to get out to the listserve to save people the trip over. Cheers, Andy Guthrie Hamlin, NY _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390706/direct/01/ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
