[EBB Sightings] Great Blue Heron needs asistance

WildRescue and volunteers may be able to help. I'm cc'g some of them  
above. This sounds like a situation where the bird could be helped.
Lisa


On Jan 12, 2010, at 10:24 AM, Stephanie Floyd wrote:

> Anyone who loves birds is naturally driven to want to help a bird  
> that is in trouble. Often, hurt birds manage to get by in the wild  
> even when pierced by fish hooks or suffering from injuries or  
> illnesses.  They are not debilitated enough or in a place where  
> they can be caught even if resources are available to catch them.  
> Most wildlife rehabilitation facilities are volunteer organizations  
> that do not have resources to go out on rescue missions, and, of  
> course, one must weigh the likelihood of capture against the cost  
> of traumatizing the animal by trying to capture it.  I would  
> suggest you contact International Bird Rescue Research Center at  
> 707-207-0380 to get advice regarding the great blue heron's  
> specific situation. Their web site is http://www.ibrrc.org/ 
> handling_birds.html.
> Stephanie Floyd
> Fremont
> --- On Sun, 1/10/10, mrbit at aol.com  wrote:
>> From: mrbit at aol.com 
>> Subject: [EBB Sightings] Great Blue Heron needs asistance
>> To: sightings at diabloaudubon.com
>> Date: Sunday, January 10, 2010, 3:27 PM
>> Thee is currently a  Great Blue Heron in the
>> Richmond yacht harbor with a three or four inch long
>> foreign object firmly attached to its lower beak. It has
>> been seen for two or three weeks  along the shoreline
>>  between the Trade Winds Sailing Club and Salute
>> Restaurant.  What is the best way to assist this bird?
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>> Roger Polk
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>> MrBit at AOL.com
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