Hello Tweeters,
I made my usual research on Camp Murray finding new arrivals. I aded 6 new
species to my list What is up since i started in early Dezember up to 64
species. New ones are:AMERICAN DIPPER on Murray Creek,PILEATED WOODPECKER,
HUTTON,S VIREO,ORANGE-crowned WARBLER,
TREE SWALLOWS and VIOLET green SWALLOW.
A realy bad discovery came on the picknic area which is located in AMERICAN
LAKE. Four Canada Goose on the beach had broken wings. We figured this was
the cause of some one with a speed boad run in to the large group of Canada
Goose.There always was large groups as many as 50 around there.Today there
was only the 4 injured Goose on the beach.On the public Boat lounge what is
not on Camp Murray there was lots of people with Speed boats around.We used
the go there looking for the Little Gull.
Ruth Sullivan
Tacoma

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> From: Martin J. Muller <martinmuller at email.msn.com>
> To: tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Green Lake (Seattle) shot birds update (long)
> Date: Saturday, March 20, 1999 2:16 PM
>
> Greetings,
>
> Sorry for the delay in response. I noticed several questions relating to
the
> Green Lake shooting spree this past Wednesday.
>
> I had hardly started my Wednesday morning bird count or the first person
> stopped me to report a goose with an arrow in its head and "what are you
> going to do about it?" It's nice to be recognized for being a wildlife
(in
> the broadest sense of the word) advocate....I guess.
>
> I found the domesticated (Chinese) goose with the crossbow arrow sticking
up
> out of its head fairly easily; it was swimming toward the island. A
Canada
> Goose with a similar arrow sticking out of the breast/base neck, was
resting
> offshore and an American Coot with an arrow through one of its wings was
> foraging on land near the Bathhouse Theater.
>
> I never did see the coot again. I imagine the eagles may have done their
job
> on that bird. Besides, I had no illusions about being able to capture it.
> You would need a cannon-propelled net or something and wait till it comes
on
> land to eat.
>
> Because I have had some experience with the police department and their
> misinterpretation of my attempts to help birds at the lake I figured I
would
> contact them prior to undertaking any rescue operations. (I was accused
of
> molesting a goose, and threatened with jail time once, while trying to
move
> a recently "released" domesticated goose from the Aqua Theater parking
lot
> to the bay north of the island where the other domesticated geese hang
out).
> So I called the police non-emergency number (for Seattle 206-625-5011;
found
> on inside cover phone book). They put me in touch with officer "Bob" who
> responds to animal/wildlife calls. He will come and attempt to catch the
> animal, or in this case, wait for a call that the birds were caught. He
then
> transports the critter to a wildlife rehabilitation center.
>
> If you do find an injured animal and can capture it safely (both for the
> animal and you), you can take it to PAWS/HOWL in Lynwood (425-787-2500
for
> instructions/directions). They recommend putting the injured animal in a
> well-ventilated box, WITHOUT food and/or water, and bringing it in ASAP.
>
> When I returned to the lake with some (whole wheat) bread, and two large
> boxes, I found an Animal Control officer being interviewed by the first
of a
> local news station. Normally Animal Control doesn't come out on "wild
goose
> chases." Apparently the first attempts to catch the geese with nets on
poles
> had failed. I lured the domesticated geese in and the officers managed to
> nab the injured bird. It is recovering (the arrow missed vital organs by
> fractions of an inch) and after ten days of antibiotics will be set free
> again (I presume at Green Lake; this according to one of the TV
stations).
>
> Subsequently we tried in vain to nab the Canada Goose with the arrow in
its
> breast. It was in sad shape, but managed to fly when cornered. We ended
up
> using boats to drive it to land, where we tried to drive it beneath trees
up
> against the chainlink fence around the tennis court. My hope was we would
be
> able to corner it there. However it eluded us several times at the last
> moment. Feeling a bit like Keystone Cops...
>
> Cost: one burnt-out outboard motor and ruined propeller on a Parks
> Department boat (luckily someone from Parks was "driving" the Animal
Control
> officers at the time). After that we switched to nonmotorized boats
(kayak
> and canoe; this is where I joined in on water). I had to leave around 2
PM
> (we started around 11). I understand the Animal Control officers gave up
> some time later after flipping their canoe and ruining their mobile radio
> unit.
>
> I searched the lake (from shore) for the Canada Goose on Thursday and
> Friday, but could not locate the bird. I figured it had crawled under a
bush
> on the island. This (Saturday) morning, however, we (bird walk
participants)
> noticed the bird swimming north of the island.
>
> I don't think we will want to do another Keystone Cops episode. Useless
and
> too expensive. There are crew races on the lake and with the sunshine the
> place is mobbed. Not a good time to try and chase an injured goose onto
land
> and corner it safely. However, I will give it another try soon, when
there
> are no crowds at the lake (consequently I won't announce the time here).
In
> the past the planned strategy has worked well with a variety of injured
> (usually due to fishing line) birds.
>
> I'll post the results.
>
> Martin Muller, Seattle
> MartinMuller at email.msn.com
>
>