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This article appeared in The Loon in 1995 ("Long-eared Owls nest in Aitkin County", The Loon 67:161-163). On Feb 26, 2007, at 8:09 A.M., Valerie Cunningham wrote: > Hello, fellow bird people: > There's a fascinating feature (actually, several of them) in the > lastest issue of Kim > and Cindy Risen's NatureScape News: it's a column by Warren Nelson, in > which he matter-of-factly describes his day-long efforts to save > several owl > nestlings. It involves several 50-mile round trip drives, a tromp > into a > swamp to retrieve an extension ladder, rounding up a friend, etc., > etc. > I wonder how many of us would go to such lengths to get some fledgling > owls back into their nest? > > If we had an award for Bird Hero of the Week, Warren Nelson would > get my vote! Way to go, Warren. > > Regards, > Val Cunningham > St. Paul, Minn. > _______________________________________________ > mnbird mailing list > mnb...@lists.mnbird.net > http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird > - - - Anthony Hertzel -- axhert...@sihope.com --Apple-Mail-85-920883513 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">This article appeared in The = Loon in 1995 ("Long-eared Owls nest in Aitkin County", The Loon = 67:161-163).<DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Feb 26, 2007, at 8:09 A.M., Valerie = Cunningham wrote:</DIV><BR class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE= type=3D"cite"><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hello, fellow bird = people:</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">There's a fascinating feature = (actually, several of them) in the lastest issue of Kim</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">and Cindy Risen's NatureScape News: it's a column by = Warren Nelson, in</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">which he matter-of-factly = describes his day-long efforts to save several owl</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">nestlings. It involves several 50-mile round trip = drives, a tromp into a</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">swamp to retrieve an = extension ladder, rounding up a friend, etc., etc.</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">I wonder how many of us would go to such lengths to = get some fledgling</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">owls back into their = nest?</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">If we had an award for Bird Hero of the Week, Warren = Nelson would</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">get my vote! Way to go, = Warren.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Regards,</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Val = Cunningham</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">St. Paul, Minn.</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; = ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">mnbird mailing list</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A = href=3D"mailto:mnb...@lists.mnbird.net">mnb...@lists.mnbird.net</A></DIV><= DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><A = href=3D"http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird">http://li= sts.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird</A></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> = </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; = font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV style=3D"; = font-size: 12px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"2"><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 10px;">- - = -</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style=3D"; font-size: 12px; "><FONT = class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"2"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-size: 10px;"><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style=3D"; = font-size: 12px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" = color=3D"#004080"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: = rgb(0, 64, 128); ; font-size: 12px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" = size=3D"2"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 10px;; = color: rgb(0, 64, 128); "><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color:= rgb(0, 64, 128); ">Anthony Hertzel -- </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><I = style=3D"color: rgb(0, 64, 128); font-style: italic; ; font-size: 12px; = "><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: rgb(0, 64, 128); = font-style: italic; ; font-size: 12px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" = size=3D"2"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 10px;; = color: rgb(0, 64, 128); font-style: italic; "><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: rgb(0, 64, 128); font-style: = italic; "><A = href=3D"mailto:axhert...@sihope.com">axhert...@sihope.com</A></SPAN></SPAN= ></FONT></SPAN></I></FONT></DIV><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" = size=3D"2"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: = 10px;"><BR class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline" = style=3D""></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>= --Apple-Mail-85-920883513--