[NatureNS] Fw: Common Gallinule Rescue Party

From: Hans Toom <htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca>
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Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:52:22 -0400
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From: Hans Toom=20
To: NS-RBA=20
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 11:52 AM
Subject: Common Gallinule Rescue Party


The Common Gallinule is present this morning and trapped! The ice has =
closed in around the crescent of reeds and grasses it was feeding upon. =
The seed heads, its primary food, are now probably mostly eaten and the =
bird may be starving. It is reluctant or may be incapable of flight due =
to weakness. The next cold snap will finish it off.

It is now time to rescue this bird and get it off to Hope for Wildlife. =
I propose a party of four people, two in hip waders with large fishing =
nets(three feet in diameter, or more) and two more people on the shore =
holding ropes tethered to the two folks in the water. The water does not =
appear to be more than two feet deep but dry clothes and towels are a =
precaution as are the tethers.=20

Please contact me privately if you can help for a rescue attempt =
tomorrow morning with; warm bodies, hip waders, fishing nets and rope.

At this point photographers or birders will only stress the bird and =
possibly kill it.

Hans
_________________________________________________________________________=
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Hans Toom
Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada
http://www.hanstoom.com/
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20
title=3Dhtoom@hfx.eastlink.ca href=3D"mailto:htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca">Hans =
Toom</A>=20
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href=3D"mailto:NS-RBA@yahoogroups.com">NS-RBA</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 10, 2012 11:52 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Common Gallinule Rescue Party</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>The <STRONG>Common Gallinule</STRONG> =
is present=20
this morning and trapped! The ice has closed in around the crescent of =
reeds and=20
grasses&nbsp;it was feeding upon. The seed heads, its primary food, are =
now=20
probably mostly eaten and the bird may be starving. It is reluctant or =
may be=20
incapable of flight due to weakness. The next cold snap will finish it=20
off.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><STRONG>It is now time to rescue this =
bird and get=20
it off to Hope for Wildlife</STRONG>. I propose a party of four people, =
two in=20
hip waders with large fishing nets(three feet in diameter, or more) and =
two more=20
people on the shore holding ropes tethered to the two folks&nbsp;in the =
water.=20
The water does not appear to be more than two feet deep but dry clothes =
and=20
towels are a precaution as are the tethers. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><STRONG>Please contact me =
privately</STRONG> if you=20
can help for a rescue attempt tomorrow morning with; warm bodies, hip =
waders,=20
fishing nets and rope.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>At this point photographers or birders =
will only=20
stress the bird and possibly kill it.</FONT></DIV>
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_________________________________________________________<BR>Hans=20
Toom<BR>Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://www.hanstoom.com/">http://www.hanstoom.com/</A></FONT></DI=
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