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Birders

Donkees

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5. ''Victor (the chick) has some fishing line wrapped around his right(?) leg... ''

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Tue Mar 28, 2023, 04:37 PM

Mar 2023

Victor (the chick) has some fishing line wrapped around his right(?) leg. We are awaiting bird rehab org arrival onsite to remove that line from his leg and any more in the nest.

Moorings Park management have lined up a 60 foot man lift with flotation tires for Thursday morning sometime between 7 and 9 AM. The Country Club of Naples has granted us access thru their property.

...to free the nestling from the fishing line it’s entangled with.Unfortunately, this is the earliest this highly specialized equipment

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THANKS!!! elleng Mar 2023 #1

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These chicks are hard to watch, the aggressor chick appears to be giving the younger one concussions Donkees Mar 2023 #3

The fish delivery is late this morning, and the chicks are starting to beak each other again Donkees Mar 2023 #4

''Victor (the chick) has some fishing line wrapped around his right(?) leg... '' Donkees Mar 2023 #5

It seems that the chick's leg is free of the fishing line, but line is still buried within the nest Donkees Mar 2023 #6