Bravo, Mary

Jack Kintner <jack.kintner at verizon.net> Blaine


At 08:27 PM 10/5/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Tweeters,
>
>I was down at Ocean Shores today, won't go into detail as it wasn't much
>of a trip for me. Anyway, at the jetty abt 2 hrs (?) after high tide,
>there was a Common Murre on the sand, struggling to get to the water.
>It didn't appear to be injured, just wasn't doing very well on land,
>surprise surprise. I asked someone about it, and he said he'd been
>watching it for about 30 minutes trying to make its way to the ocean.
>Stagger, stagger, face plant. After abt 5 min I couldn't stand it
>anymore and picked up the bird and took it into the ocean. It cruised
>away unscathed, so far as I could tell. The main reason I did it was
>'coz there were large and small people running/walking by it, and
>several dogs a few yards down the beach. You can imagine the gruesome
>scene that could've played out.
>
>Would it have been better to leave it alone? Let nature take its
>course, etc. Or was it OK to carry it its final 20 feet or so?? It was
>heading there anyway...
>
>Mary
>
>Mary E. Klein
>bassclef at seanet.com

Jack