Subject: [Tweeters] Bird on the wrong side of the country
Date: May 13 22:14:12 2009
From: William Kaufman - beaux at u.washington.edu



Might it not be prudent simply to release the bird where it was found?
Somehow it found its way there might it not find its way back?
Or settle in its new environment?

Bill Kaufman
Woodinville


On 5/13/09 9:59 PM, "Larry Schwitters" <lpatters at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> Tweeters,
>
> This California wildlife rehabers advice/suggestions/experiences:
>
> We rehabilitators have been known to go to extremes to get a bird back
> to where it belongs. Many years ago I flew to Pennsylvania with a
> first year female blackburnian warbler, a vagrant grounded in San
> Francisco the previous fall. Knowing what I know now, I wouldn't do
> that again because that was possibly a bird with goofy DNA/
> navigation. However, in the case of this WTSW, perhaps it was blown
> off course? Isn't west Texas the nearest terriority for them? Would
> someone be willing to bring it a few states over to the West?
>
> Plus
>
> They may want to check with their state regulatory agency (DNR, or
> DFG, FWS) to investigate the protocol about transporting protected
> wildlife across state borders. If someone takes the bird on a plane,
> they should call the airline first to confirm that the bird can be
> taken in the cabin. I brought the warbler in the cabin because I had
> heard terrible stories about animals being shipped in the cargo area
> where they were exposed to temperature extremes and other stress
> inducing factors.
>
> Biologists/scientists may cast judgement on this kind of assistance
> for the swift due to the possibility that the birds compass is off or
> he has other genetic defects that nature was attempting to weed out.
> Either way, his fate is his fate, so it doesn't hurt to try.
>
> Veronica
>
> Larry Schwitters
> Issaquah
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