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From: andrewt@cs.su.oz (Andrew Taylor)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: injured cormorant
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Date: 18 Dec 90 23:18:59 GMT
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In article <6986@uceng.UC.EDU> lbechtle@uceng.UC.EDU (laurie bechtler) writes:
> While in the S.F. bay area last week (Redwood Shores, to be exact)
> I saw an injured cormorant walking along a road near the bay.  It 
> appeared to have fishline or some other plastic around its neck and
> was obviously in distress.  However, I recalled warnings about how
> dangerous it can be to approach some birds, so I did nothing. 

If you were worried about the commorant being dangerous to you. Thats not
likely I've handled injured commorants with out problems. Handling most
birds I reckon you only have to worry about your eyes (esp. egrets herons etc).
Obviously handling some birds, e.g owls, involves more risk.

If you worried about accidently injuring the bird, thats always possible.
Whether you'll do more harm than good is hard to judge. Personally I'd try to
catch a bird tangled in line 'cos its serious and you should be able to fix it
on the spot.

Andrew