the grey

[lonehunter]

Here's a pic of the grey heron I delivered to the A.R.C.(animal recovery center) during the summer, It's leg was badley mangeled above the joint and it was near starvation . It had to be put down .
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[davetclown]

great blue heron, leg looks like a turtle bite. but cant tell for sure. coons do a nasty job but they usualy go for the throat like a weasel attack..

turtles hit right at about water level wich would be right about knee high on a heron...

tobad the put him down, they could have kept him but it is costly to keep a bird for several years. best hopes is if an indoor terrium is found that host birds.

I took a morning dove with one wing in some time ago and they wanted to kill it on the spot. on top of which they wanted me to make a donation for doing it... for the price of the donation I brought the dove back home and took care of it for 3 years before it passed on. which is surprising when you concider the mortality rate of a dove is only a year or two.

I took in an owl that flew out of the trees and hit the side of my truck, I thougt it was dead, I picked it up and put it in a bag in the back of my truck and went back on my way. when I got to where I was going the owl came to, tho it couldnt stand up strate. it kept wobbling, I did not think it would last the night. but it did, so I put it in a cage and did my best to find a shelter other than the humane society where I took the dove. (kind of lost faith in thier pratices)

I knew the owl is a protected bird so I did a lot of searching, it took me about 3 weeks to find a wild life santuary that specialised in rehibilitation. I fed him hamburger and gave him plenty of water but though he should be seen by a doctor before he was released. yet a day after I droped him off he died....? I mean what gives. I know I could not keep him because they are protected, It makes me wonder if they used the woonded birds to feed other wildlife they have in their pens.

grusom thought but still I wonder sometimes. and if that is the case shouldnt I pick up all the fresh road kill I find and take it in to them to feed thier pen critters?
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[lonehunter]

The lady that runs the A.R.C. said it was more than likley a jet skier . it happened on fourth of july weekend .
she runs the recovery center by permit and only gets donations to keep it running , no fees are required from her for treating the animals . she uses a lot of her own money and gets volinteers to help out , kinda like what you and ssor from the B.F.T. Ohio board do .
all the greys she had been getting in that month were all showing signs of starvation (6 as i recall ). she turns in the birds to the d.n.r. for study after the local traviling vet comes to put them down .
My fear is that this was one of the pair that nests behind my neighbors every year . it sure is awsome to see them flying overhead every spring .
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