[NatureNS] Broken Wing: Heron

Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 10:40:37 -0300
From: Ann Morrison <haggis@eastlink.ca>
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Thanks for the info Chris, but that bird was too big for me to do  
anything for it.

Ann M.
Halifax


On Oct 27, 2006, at 10:24 PM, Andy Moir/Chris Callaghan wrote:

> Ann,
>
> You can contact Hope Swinimer at the Hope for Wildlife Society in  
> Seaforth, on the Eastern Shore, not far past Lawrencetown. Her cell  
> # is 452-3339.
>
> Be very careful if you try to approach it. That beak is a  
> potentially lethal weapon, and they can move like lightening. I had  
> a juvenile Great Blue Heron here several years ago that was very  
> emaciated. I did a search on the internet trying to find out how to  
> best care for it, and came across a report of a would-be rescuer  
> who was killed when a heron stabbed her in the eye. No doubt it was  
> just defending itself from perceived danger, but ever since reading  
> that I have been extremely cautious around herons, gannets,  
> bitterns and any other big, long beaked birds!
>
> Good luck,
>
> Chris
>


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lethal weapon, and they can move like lightening. I had a juvenile Great =
Blue Heron here several years ago that was very emaciated. I did a =
search on the internet trying to find out how to best care for it, and =
came across a report of a would-be rescuer who was killed when a heron =
stabbed her in the eye.=A0No doubt it was just defending itself from =
perceived danger, but ever since reading that I have been extremely =
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