<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel> <title> Comments on: Injured Avocet – I’ve Often Wondered What To Do In Cases Like This </title> <atom:link href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2014/09/04/injured-avocet-ive-often-wondered-what-to-do-in-cases-like-this/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2014/09/04/injured-avocet-ive-often-wondered-what-to-do-in-cases-like-this/</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2014 15:54:36 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2</generator> <item> <title> By: Wally </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2014/09/04/injured-avocet-ive-often-wondered-what-to-do-in-cases-like-this/#comment-58646</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Wally]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2014 15:54:36 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=26399#comment-58646</guid> <description><![CDATA[Always a tough call to "interfere" with Nature. The most common situation I encounter where I try to take action is along the beaches, especially around marinas or piers, where birds have become entangled in fishing line and have difficulty flying. They are usually exhausted from trying to free themselves and it's possible to catch them. I keep phone numbers for various rehab centers in those areas and the kind workers are usually quick to respond. Here's wishing the best for your Avocet!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Always a tough call to “interfere” with Nature. The most common situation I encounter where I try to take action is along the beaches, especially around marinas or piers, where birds have become entangled in fishing line and have difficulty flying. They are usually exhausted from trying to free themselves and it’s possible to catch them. I keep phone numbers for various rehab centers in those areas and the kind workers are usually quick to respond.</p> <p>Here’s wishing the best for your Avocet!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Elephant's Child </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2014/09/04/injured-avocet-ive-often-wondered-what-to-do-in-cases-like-this/#comment-58042</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Elephant's Child]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2014 21:43:01 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=26399#comment-58042</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2014/09/04/injured-avocet-ive-often-wondered-what-to-do-in-cases-like-this/#comment-58036">Ron Dudley</a>. Thank you Val. Good to hear.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2014/09/04/injured-avocet-ive-often-wondered-what-to-do-in-cases-like-this/#comment-58036">Ron Dudley</a>.</p> <p>Thank you Val. Good to hear.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2014/09/04/injured-avocet-ive-often-wondered-what-to-do-in-cases-like-this/#comment-58040</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2014 21:25:57 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=26399#comment-58040</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2014/09/04/injured-avocet-ive-often-wondered-what-to-do-in-cases-like-this/#comment-58023">Elephant's Child</a>. The bird is working at surviving, Elephant's Child - (see comment above from Val Stock).]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2014/09/04/injured-avocet-ive-often-wondered-what-to-do-in-cases-like-this/#comment-58023">Elephant’s Child</a>.</p> <p>The bird is working at surviving, Elephant’s Child – (see comment above from Val Stock).</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2014/09/04/injured-avocet-ive-often-wondered-what-to-do-in-cases-like-this/#comment-58036</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2014 21:23:37 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=26399#comment-58036</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2014/09/04/injured-avocet-ive-often-wondered-what-to-do-in-cases-like-this/#comment-58033">Val Stock</a>. That's exactly where I photographed it three days ago, Val. Thank you for the update!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2014/09/04/injured-avocet-ive-often-wondered-what-to-do-in-cases-like-this/#comment-58033">Val Stock</a>.</p> <p>That’s exactly where I photographed it three days ago, Val. Thank you for the update!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Val Stock </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2014/09/04/injured-avocet-ive-often-wondered-what-to-do-in-cases-like-this/#comment-58033</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Val Stock]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2014 20:55:27 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=26399#comment-58033</guid> <description><![CDATA[I observed this avocet today at Glover Pond, east side near the road at the turn. Would probley not noticed the 'malfunction', had I not read about it this morning.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I observed this avocet today at Glover Pond, east side near the road at the turn. Would probley not noticed the ‘malfunction’, had I not read about it this morning.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Elephant's Child </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2014/09/04/injured-avocet-ive-often-wondered-what-to-do-in-cases-like-this/#comment-58023</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Elephant's Child]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2014 20:25:05 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=26399#comment-58023</guid> <description><![CDATA[It is a hard call. I have captured birds and taken them to vetinary care. However, by then the care that could be provided is an easier death. Heart-hurting stuff. I hope that this bird does as well as the bison. Determination and success.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is a hard call. I have captured birds and taken them to vetinary care. However, by then the care that could be provided is an easier death. Heart-hurting stuff.<br /> I hope that this bird does as well as the bison. Determination and success.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2014/09/04/injured-avocet-ive-often-wondered-what-to-do-in-cases-like-this/#comment-58000</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2014 18:54:56 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=26399#comment-58000</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2014/09/04/injured-avocet-ive-often-wondered-what-to-do-in-cases-like-this/#comment-57977">Louise Shimmel</a>. I hoped you might chime in here, Louise. It makes me feel better that you agree with Dalyn but stuff like this is hard to deal with, as you know as well as anyone. A good friend and birder saw this same bird at Glover Pond yesterday and said it was still doing its thing so I take that as good news for now (thanks for the report, Shyloh).]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2014/09/04/injured-avocet-ive-often-wondered-what-to-do-in-cases-like-this/#comment-57977">Louise Shimmel</a>.</p> <p>I hoped you might chime in here, Louise. It makes me feel better that you agree with Dalyn but stuff like this is hard to deal with, as you know as well as anyone. A good friend and birder saw this same bird at Glover Pond yesterday and said it was still doing its thing so I take that as good news for now (thanks for the report, Shyloh).</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2014/09/04/injured-avocet-ive-often-wondered-what-to-do-in-cases-like-this/#comment-57998</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2014 18:48:03 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=26399#comment-57998</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2014/09/04/injured-avocet-ive-often-wondered-what-to-do-in-cases-like-this/#comment-57922">Patty Chadwick</a>. Thanks, Patty. I'm beginning to wonder if the phrase "crooked politicians" isn't a redundancy.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2014/09/04/injured-avocet-ive-often-wondered-what-to-do-in-cases-like-this/#comment-57922">Patty Chadwick</a>.</p> <p>Thanks, Patty. I’m beginning to wonder if the phrase “crooked politicians” isn’t a redundancy.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2014/09/04/injured-avocet-ive-often-wondered-what-to-do-in-cases-like-this/#comment-57995</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2014 18:46:33 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=26399#comment-57995</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2014/09/04/injured-avocet-ive-often-wondered-what-to-do-in-cases-like-this/#comment-57897">Lois Bryan</a>. Me too, Lois...]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2014/09/04/injured-avocet-ive-often-wondered-what-to-do-in-cases-like-this/#comment-57897">Lois Bryan</a>.</p> <p>Me too, Lois…</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Louise Shimmel </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2014/09/04/injured-avocet-ive-often-wondered-what-to-do-in-cases-like-this/#comment-57977</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Louise Shimmel]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2014 17:42:38 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=26399#comment-57977</guid> <description><![CDATA[It is a hard call, Ron - and I agree with Dalyn. If a bird can fly, sometimes we have to tell finders that there's nothing we can do until the bird is debilitated enough to be caught - and sometimes that's too late to be able to fix something, as fractures heal quickly, whether or not they are well aligned. And, sadly, sometimes when they DO come in with an unfixable injury, the choices we have to make are really tough ... do we euthanize or do we put him back out there? Yes, he's been surviving for awhile but what about on migration or during the winter when food is scarcer? Bird banders are an interesting source of information of how amazing birds are: ask them about injuries they've seen in free-living wild birds sometime: one-eyed accipiters or birds with only one functioning foot... Injuries that would lead a rehabilitator to feel obligated to euthanize for - as the odds are so steeply against them. Yes, a small percentage may function okay, but the majority would probably starve, and how do we know which would be the survivors?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is a hard call, Ron – and I agree with Dalyn. If a bird can fly, sometimes we have to tell finders that there’s nothing we can do until the bird is debilitated enough to be caught – and sometimes that’s too late to be able to fix something, as fractures heal quickly, whether or not they are well aligned. And, sadly, sometimes when they DO come in with an unfixable injury, the choices we have to make are really tough … do we euthanize or do we put him back out there? Yes, he’s been surviving for awhile but what about on migration or during the winter when food is scarcer? Bird banders are an interesting source of information of how amazing birds are: ask them about injuries they’ve seen in free-living wild birds sometime: one-eyed accipiters or birds with only one functioning foot… Injuries that would lead a rehabilitator to feel obligated to euthanize for – as the odds are so steeply against them. Yes, a small percentage may function okay, but the majority would probably starve, and how do we know which would be the survivors?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>