I put out one of those birdseed wreaths yesterday, found the pieces of it on
the ground this morning, and put them into the mesh bag that came with it
and hung it up. It has been very popular with the starlings, and I just
noticed in the dusk that one poor bird seems to have gotten its feet
entangled in the mesh and is flapping desperately to get out, then resting.




Once when I approached it, it seemed to freeze, I went in to get scissors to
see if I could cut the bag so it could escape with only a small part still
attached to its foot, and now when I go back it flaps like crazy if I go
near it (it's also the case that the scissors won't cut the bag).



I have never banded birds, but I assume that there must be ways to handle
them that do not harm them, and perhaps pacify them enough that I could
untangle its foot. Can anyone give me advice about this?



If you reply to the group, please copy me offline as I read Tweeters in
digest and I don't think the bird will last until tomorrow.



Thanks,

Barbara Miller

Bmill07[at]comcast.net