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I just wanted to comment on your woodcock story. Cats carry a bacterium called
Pasturella in their saliva which is deadly to birds and small mammals. An
infection by this organism can kill a small bird in as little as 24 hours. The
bacterium can be introduced into an animal's body through very small puncture
wounds (caused by the cat's teeth or claws) which are difficult even for experts
to detect. Because of this, any animal which has been caught by a cat, even if
it appears uninjured, should be treated with antibiotics to have a good chance
of survival.
Any wildlife rehabilitation centre should be able to provide this treatment. If
you find a cat-caught bird, or injured wildlife of any sort, you can contact
Hope for Wildlife as was mentioned earlier this weekend (Marilyn, did you manage
to get your squirrel some help?) or you can contact the Cobequid Wildlife
Rehabilitation Centre where I work, at 893-0253.
Kathleen MacAulay
Milford Station
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From: James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com>
To: Naturens Naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Sun, August 1, 2010 11:07:53 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] Birds Various
Psychologists could have a field day watching beach goers. This morning I ran
a shorebird survey at Conrad's Island at Lower Rose Bay. I was a little later
then I wanted to be there, and the tide was three quarters up and rising. One
sand flat was uncovered and the inner mudflats were still partially open. The
sand spit was a place where a young common tern and an adult wanted to settle
and rest. This was too no avail. For whatever reason a ton of people decided
to wade through the water on the beach and every one of them automatically
headed for the exposed sand spit. Each and every one of them were oblivious to
the surrounding wildlife. Each time putting up the terns who would circle
back. Eventually the terns just gave up and flew off. All of these waders also
made it extremely difficult for me to get an accurate count of the shorebirds
that were there as they kept putting them up also. There were lots of Nelson
sharp-tailed sparrows present.
I had a call today about a snow goose that was swimming along towards Bayport
from the end of Feltzen South. I only got the message about it five hours later
and it could be anywhere by now.
David Walmark rescued a juvenile, none flying American woodcock from his cat
this evening. Surprisingly this bird will not be able to fly for at least
another week. I went to see it and the bird was uninjured.
James R. Hirtle
Bayport
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<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div>I just wanted to comment on your woodcock story. Cats carry a bacterium called <i>Pasturella </i>in their saliva which is deadly to birds and small mammals. An infection by this organism can kill a small bird in as little as 24 hours. The bacterium can be introduced into an animal's body through very small puncture wounds (caused by the cat's teeth or claws) which are difficult even for experts to detect. Because of this, any animal which has been caught by a cat, even if it appears uninjured, should be treated with antibiotics to have a good chance of survival. </div><div><br></div><div>Any wildlife rehabilitation centre should be able to provide this treatment. If you find a cat-caught bird, or injured wildlife of any sort, you can contact Hope for Wildlife as was mentioned earlier this
weekend (Marilyn, did you manage to get your squirrel some help?) or you can contact the Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre where I work, at 893-0253. </div><div><br></div><div>Kathleen MacAulay</div><div>Milford Station</div><div style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><br><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Naturens Naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sun, August 1, 2010 11:07:53 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [NatureNS] Birds Various<br></font><br>
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Psychologists could have a field day watching beach goers. This morning I ran a shorebird survey at Conrad's Island at Lower Rose Bay. I was a little later then I wanted to be there, and the tide was three quarters up and rising. One sand flat was uncovered and the inner mudflats were still partially open. The sand spit was a place where a young common tern and an adult wanted to settle and rest. This was too no avail. For whatever reason a ton of people decided to wade through the water on the beach and every one of them automatically headed for the exposed sand spit. Each and every one of them were oblivious to the surrounding wildlife. Each time putting up the terns who would circle back. Eventually the terns just gave up and flew off. All of these waders also made it extremely difficult for me to get an accurate count of the shorebirds that were there as they kept putting them up
also. There were lots of Nelson sharp-tailed sparrows present.<br>
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I had a call today about a snow goose that was swimming along towards Bayport from the end of Feltzen South. I only got the message about it five hours later and it could be anywhere by now. <br>
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David Walmark rescued a juvenile, none flying American woodcock from his cat this evening. Surprisingly this bird will not be able to fly for at least another week. I went to see it and the bird was uninjured. <br>
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James R. Hirtle<br>
Bayport<br>
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