Did any of the birders on site when this woman was there get her name or the
wildlife organization/agency she was supposedly with? Did anybody take down
her plate number?
-Joe
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From: bounce-5112539-10871...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Felipe Pimentel
Sent: Sun 1/31/2010 4:25 PM
To: David Klauber
Cc: NY Birds
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Timber Point Doveke - NO - Sunday, 31 January
Yesterday (early afternoon) there was a woman claiming that the bird was in
distress and needed help. We told her that the Dovekie was pretty active the
entire morning (swimming and diving constantly) and that it was just taking a
break. She insisted that the bird was not OK, mentioned a net in her car and
that she was going to "rescue" it (whatever than means). Some birders tried to
discourage her and I left about 2PM (Saturday) after being there for 2 hours
(more or less). Apparently, this morning the bird was not there and someone
said that the water at the marine was partially frozen. Maybe the bird left or
it was taken bey this "rescuer." I would love know if the bird was "removed"
from the marine by someone who may have good intentions or it just left the
place because it was time to continue its journey.
FP
On Jan 31, 2010, at 3:59 PM, David Klauber wrote:
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?
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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
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