[bcbirdclub] Re: Injured Great Blue Heronn

  • From: "Janice Martin" <redwing@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <daryl.owens@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <mjt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 10:52:02 -0500

Sometimes a statement reaches deep into my funny bone and I go around with a 
stupid grin on my face and I may just burst into giggles. The description of 
Dave Worley’s not crossing the creek has done this to me. Dave may never speak 
to me again.

 

Janice

 

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On Behalf Of Daryl Owens
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 4:27 AM
To: mjt@xxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: bcbc/bird
Subject: [bcbirdclub] Re: Injured Great Blue Heron

 

Dave = Marlin Perkins (in pic, holding net)n

 

Jerry = Jim (in mud, wrestling huge snake)

 

Hahaha!

Sent from my iPhone


On Nov 11, 2014, at 5:28 PM, "Jerry Thornhill" <mjt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

A little after 1 o’clock this afternoon, I got a call from Dave Worley who had 
been notified by a local vet office that a DCR worker (Eric, I think) in the 
Pinnacles area of Big Cedar Creek needed help capturing an injured Great Blue 
Heron.  He asked if I could help, and I agreed.  He had been in touch with Eric 
who suggested that he bring a dip net to facilitate the capture.  After 
searching for the bird for nearly an hour, we finally located it.  It was on 
the creek bank on the same side as Eric and opposite Dave and me.  Since we had 
the net, there was no choice but for me to cross the creek with the net (Dave 
being the coward that he is).  With the bird between Eric and me, it took to 
the creek and crossed over to Dave’s side.  Eric and I followed with Eric 
getting downstream and I upstream with Dave on the bank above him.  I was able 
to approach and put the net over the bird.  We took it to the local vet where 
it will be x-rayed and evaluated.  From there, it will be taken to a 
rehabilitator in Marion.  Here’s a picture of Dave and Eric with the captured 
bird.

 

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Dave took some cell phone video which I hope to get tomorrow.  I will post the 
story along with some other pictures on the RCBC web site when I do.

 

Another day in the life of a socializing, NCB.

 

Jerry

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