I was there and I saw her. I have tried to post something on this incident since last night but I don't know how to post in this list. Earlier, I wrote something that I sent to Andy Guthrie.
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? > Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:39:30 -0500 > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Timber Point Doveke - NO - Sunday, 31 January > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > 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 > > Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
