I am going to write here what I feel needs to be. Birders! Please resist the urge to witness the rescue, and potentially compromise the rescue effort. . Stay away and let the rehab person do her job. Read about it here - LATER! Please!!
On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Glen <glen...@frontiernet.net> wrote: > Yes, on second thought I probably should not have posted the time. 'Twas > not meant as an invitation -- hopefully if anyone gets in the way Victoria > will let them know! I'll ask my sister to update me and will let the list > know how it turned out. > -Kristie > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* John and Fritzie Blizzard <job121...@verizon.net> > *To:* Linda Orkin <wingmagi...@gmail.com> > *Cc:* Glen <glen...@frontiernet.net> ; cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu > *Sent:* Saturday, April 16, 2011 9:14 PM > *Subject:* Re: [cayugabirds-l] stranded common loon to be rescued Sun. > > I don't doubt her capabilities one bit. Such people are well trained & > compassionate. I meant the activity of people who might "flock" to see the > capture would traumatize the bird. > > I am relieved to know the name of a re-habber in the area. We apparently no > longer have one here in our area. She was harrassed by certain people > who apparently had the mentality (???? good intentions????) of many of > PETA members. Things done to her were destructive, mean, cruel & > thoughtless. Our daughter was a re-habber in Florida for a number of yrs.. > It's often a dangerous & thankless job. At one time she had more & larger > snakes in her home than did the local zoo. > > Fritzie > > > ******************************************************************************************************************** > For people who don't know. Victoria Campbell is a thoroughly knowledgeable > and infinitely compassionate Wildlife Rehabber that we are very lucky to > have in our area. She runs Wild Things Sanctuary off Snyder Hill Road. You > can bet the loon is in the most gentle, capable and ethical of hands with > her involvement > > Linda Orkin > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 16, 2011, at 8:23 PM, John and Fritzie Blizzard < > job121...@verizon.net> wrote: > > Hope a lot of people don't converge on the site & traumatize the bird > more than it probably will be, if it isn't already. > > Keep us updated ..... thanks! > > Fritzie > > ------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.894 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3577 - Release Date: 04/16/11 > 02:34:00 > > -- asher -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
