[BCNnet] injured birds

[Kenneth R. Wysocki]

I wish there was an easy way to bring city birds to a rehab center.  I see
probably dozens of injured migrants every season.  Unfortunately, even if
Trailside or Willowbrook would take birds from the city,  when you find an
injured bird downtown you just can't hop into the car and take it to the
suburbs.

I've already had one injured/stunned migrant downtown this fall (an injured
Least Flycatcher which I put into a paper bag and transported to Olive Park)
and if a coordinated volunteer effort was made I bet you could rescue 40-50
stunned or injured neotropical migrants  per season.

I think this is the next logical step in the city's Lights Out program, and
it's something the folks in Toronto (who provided the model for Lights Out)
are already doing.

Any thoughts?

Ken Wysocki
kwysocki@ix.netcom.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Geoffrey A. Williamson <williamson@iit.edu>
To: bcnnet@ece.iit.edu <bcnnet@ece.iit.edu>
Date: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 11:38 AM
Subject: [BCNnet] injured birds


>Every so often I get a call from a person with an injured bird
>(got another one just this morning). The person is usually looking
>for somewhere to take the bird.
>
>My usual response to such inquiries is to suggest the Trailside Museum
>in River Forest (Cook County) or Willowbrook Wildlife Center in
>Glen Ellyn (DuPage County).
>
>Does anyone know of other places?
>
>
>Geoff Williamson
>Chicago, IL (Cook County)
>williamson@iit.edu
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>bcnnet mailing list
>bcnnet@ece.iit.edu
>http://www.ece.iit.edu/mailman/listinfo/bcnnet