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Index of Subjects ---2114655128-1296221249-1326303723=:71002 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi Hans If you could get someone with a very controlable retriever dog, that would work under strict hand signals. All birds will concentrate on a dog so make up a little pen where the dog can herd the bird\then shut the door. A herding collie would be fine but they don't much like cold water. BB is too old for that now but was good at it when she was young. A lilly pad trap would work also - just put feed in it and it would go in. You are very wise to limit the number of helpers - spectuators moving around is not good Good luck with your next try. Paul ________________________________ From: Hans Toom <htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 11:53:01 AM Subject: [NatureNS] Common Gallinule Rescue We were unsuccessful at capturing theCommon Gallinule this morning despite valiant attempts by John Loch walking through the reeds in hip waders and Allison Dube in the kayak. We spotted the gallinule several times but it has an uncanny ability to hide motionless in the reeds and grasses. Our best bet at this point is to keep the bird alive as the ice encroaches into the drainage outlet below the day care centre. There is a sand/gravel bar here that is suitable for spreading food. It was beside this sand/gravel bar yesterday when I saw it. Pending advice from more knowledgeable people on its food requirements our recommendations for now are; lettuce and salmon, bird seed and suet. The gallinule's normal diet is seed heads and diving for snails. It may not have sufficient open water left for a take off run so eventually it will be forced closer and closer to the drainage outlet and sand/gravel bar and then another rescue attempt can be made. There is also a Yellow-breasted Chat that has been seen in the multiflora bramble beside the foot bridge over the canal below the Lake Banook Boat Club and also in the spruce tree and grape vines nearby. If your out that way invest $1.25 in a block of suet from the dollar store and hang it in the multiflora bramble using vegetable netting or other suitable material. The bird is in desperate shape hence its tameness. Others may have more to add. Hans Hans _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hans Toom Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada http://www.hanstoom.com/ ---2114655128-1296221249-1326303723=:71002 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hi Hans</span></div><div><span>If you could get someone with a very controlable retriever dog, that would work under strict</span></div><div><span>hand signals. All birds will concentrate on a dog so make up a little pen where the dog can herd the bird\then shut the door. A herding collie would be fine but they don't much like cold water.</span></div><div><span>BB is too old for that now but was good at it when she was young.</span></div><div><span>A lilly pad trap would work also - just put feed in it and it would go in.</span></div><div><span>You are very wise to limit the number of helpers - spectuators moving around is not good</span></div><div><span>Good luck with your next try.</span></div><div><span>Paul</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Hans Toom <htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, January 11, 2012 11:53:01 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [NatureNS] Common Gallinule Rescue<br> </font> </div> <br><meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="off"><div id="yiv604579096"> <style></style> <div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"><font size="2"> <div>We were unsuccessful at capturing the<b> Common Gallinule</b> this morning despite valiant attempts by John Loch walking through the reeds in hip waders and Allison Dube in the kayak. We spotted the gallinule several times but it has an uncanny ability to hide motionless in the reeds and grasses.</div> <div>Our best bet at this point is to keep the bird alive as the ice encroaches into the drainage outlet below the day care centre. There is a sand/gravel bar here that is suitable for spreading food. It was beside this sand/gravel bar yesterday when I saw it. Pending advice from more knowledgeable people on its food requirements our recommendations for now are; lettuce and salmon, bird seed and suet. The gallinule's normal diet is seed heads and diving for snails. It may not have sufficient open water left for a take off run so eventually it will be forced closer and closer to the drainage outlet and sand/gravel bar and then another rescue attempt can be made.</div> <div>There is also a <b>Yellow-breasted Chat</b> that has been seen in the multiflora bramble beside the foot bridge over the canal below the Lake Banook Boat Club and also in the spruce tree and grape vines nearby. If your out that way invest $1.25 in a block of suet from the dollar store and hang it in the multiflora bramble using vegetable netting or other suitable material. The bird is in desperate shape hence its tameness.</div> <div>Others may have more to add.</div> <div>Hans</div></font></font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"><br>Hans<br>_________________________________________________________________________________________________________<br>Hans Toom<br>Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada<br>http://www.hanstoom.com/</font></div></div> </div><meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="on"><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html> ---2114655128-1296221249-1326303723=:71002--
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