Thank you, Jim. Iâve extracted/saved several birds from fishing line, treble
hooks, and more over the years. I would recommend that everyone also cut the
fishing line up before discarding it. Look for the white tubes at launch sites
that are for safe disposal of fishline.
Karen
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Karen Etter Hale
Lake Mills, WI
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On May 3, 2018, at 7:22 AM, jim weyers (Redacted sender "jdw1031" for DMARC)
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
While walking around the Butterfly trail at High Cliff State Park, we came
upon a robin hanging upside down up in a tree where he had gotten tangled in
some monofiliment fishing line. He was struggling mightily to get free but
was unable to do so. It was out of reach but after a bit of messing around we
got him cut down and he flew off, hopefully ok.I would encourage anyone who
sees line (that is safely accessible) abandoned in a tree or bush to remove
it. It is attractive as nest material and particularly deadly when it has a
hook with a worm still attached.
Jim WeyersAppletonOutagamie county
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