[Please remove all old content that is not pertinent to your reply including old headers and footers. It's list policy.... this post was modified to meet policy] James <jimtibensky_at_fastmail.fm> wrote: > The five ducks I helped to round up were all vetted as healthy and are > now quackingly happy at a waterfowl retirement farm in northern > Illinois. One of the ducks was so happy that it laid an egg on the way > to the farm! Does that make me a duck uncle?? This past summer I spotted an injured Kormorant(sp). I was paddling solo in the Toronto harbour. Every time I got close, it dove. It was unable to fly, but it was able to cover significant distance under water. I was never sure exactly where it would come up. What technique would you use to capture THIS critter by Kayak? *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Quoting Derek <glamourpets_at_yahoo.com>: > This past summer I spotted an injured Kormorant(sp). > I was paddling solo in the Toronto harbour. Every > time I got close, it dove. It was unable to fly, but > it was able to cover significant distance under water. > I was never sure exactly where it would come up. > What technique would you use to capture THIS critter > by Kayak? Derek: The answer should be obvious...scuba gear. Bradford R. Crain *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Derek: This past summer I spotted an injured Kormorant(sp).I was paddling solo in the Toronto harbour. Every time I got close, it dove. It was unable to fly, but it was able to cover significant distance under water. What technique would you use to capture THIS critter by Kayak? I never caught a mallard last year that could swim underwater like no duck I have ever seen. She had a broken wing, don't know what became of her. This was in the Chicago River where there are too many places to hide (boats, docks, piers). On the upper stretch of the Chicago River there is a cormorant with a broken wing who has been there for three years now. He can dive well and manages to follow the open water during freeze-up. Right now we are experiencing the coldest weather in ten years, so it may finish him off if he doesn't make it to one of the wastewater treatment plant outlets. Other than wearing them out, I haven't come up with a way to get injured waterfowl in a boat. We always try luring the birds to shore with bread and stuff, but only the domestics and muscovies are dumb enough to fall for it. I easily caught a surf scoter last winter, but she had ingested lead shot and died the day she was caught. Healthy but injured water birds are a lot of work to catch, when it can be done at all. Jim Tibensky *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> Other than wearing them out, I haven't come up with > a way to get injured > waterfowl in a boat. We always try luring the birds > to shore with bread > and stuff, but only the domestics and muscovies are > dumb enough to fall > for it. Yes. I have successfully used this technique for an injured seagul. It was mooching around a waterfront cafe. I baited it to my feet with french fries, then scooped it up with an old towel. Thats all I had handy at the time, but it worked. I was amazed how easy this was. I never did see the Cormorant I posted about in the previous message again, even though I paddle in the same area frequently. I suspect that it may have become fox food. Derek --------------------------------------------------------------- Please limit all email attachments sent to this address to a maximum of 0.5MB. All email attachments that are larger then 0.5MB will automatically be deleted. --------------------------------------------------------------- ICQ: 262152266, AIM: GlamourpetsD, MSN: [my email address], Yahoo Messenger: glamourpets --------------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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