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Index of Subjects I replied to you back channel, Helen. I am so glad to have heard from you. Marg in Queens http://margmillard.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helene Van Doninck" <hvandoninck@eastlink.ca> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 10:43 AM Subject: RE: [NatureNS] very sad, that mourning dove > Hi Marg, if you can catch it, I would be happy to take it and see if > anything can be done for it. Sounds like his beak may be avulsed away from > the face and depending on how far back the injury happened...sometimes it > will regrow but he would need to be hand fed until then. I am located in > Truro, am a veterinarian, and run a wildlife rehab centre out of my home. > You may need to wait till he is weak enough it catch him if he can still > fly. I often throw a towel over weakened birds to catch them. Feel free to > call me at 893-0253 > > Helene Van Doninck > > -----Original Message----- > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca > [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]On Behalf Of Margaret E.Millard > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 12:42 PM > To: naturens > Subject: [NatureNS] very sad, that mourning dove > > > The mourning dove that had the large "growth" coming from the side of the > face alongside a damaged or deformed beak has gotten much worse. I am > pretty > sure I am talking about the same bird. The bird was here nearly > constantly. > Yesterday when I saw it it was bleeding heavily and the beak looked like > it > was actually coming away from the face. It was going around in circles > trying to feed but couldn't because the beak would move sideways. I tried > to get close to it thinking I could maybe put it out of its misery, but I > couldn't. It still flies well. > I
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