The bird was not taken by this wildlife biologist . she was there today around 3pm looking for the bird and we spoke to her. She said people wanted to take pictures of the bird and insisted the bird was doing ok. She made references to its compulsive preening and swimming in circles and what food she did surface with was not much. I forgot what she called the possible marine life the dovekie might have been eating. There were signs to her that it was a distressed. bird. Today she regretted not rescuing the bird and feared it had died somewhere in the cold night. Others had hope that on a northwest wind it had decided to head for the ocean but someone mentioned that the dovekie migrates to warmer waters temperatures in the 45 degree range and that the water was just too cold for it to survive. diana teta
Long island,ny I would like to think that nature took it's course and that we didn't meddle. Ken Thompson Sayville NY _____ Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Timber Point Doveke - NO - Sunday, 31 January From: [email protected] Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:25:23 -0500 CC: [email protected] To: [email protected] 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? _____ 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. _____ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft's powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now. <http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390706/direct/01/> -- 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/ --
