Here are a few pictures from today at IBRRC. Below, is a Green Heron chick that apparently fell out of a nest way too soon. He is in an incubator, and is being given fluids every 30 minutes.
Jeanine gladly took charge - you can see how small "she" is. Often, we don't know the sex of a bird. In morning rounds, today, Marie explained to us that birds are called "she" if they are beautiful, cute, or well mannered. "He" is for birds that are not so beautiful, or have poor dispositions. Being the only male, I had a moment of introspection.
Here, Marie is flushing out a deep fish hook wound in a Pelagic Cormorant. "He" is a feisty bird - one has to wear eye protection and have a good supply of bandaids when handling cormorants.
Hopefully, he will survive his run-in with the careless fisherman. Marie, where are your safety glasses?
Jeanine gladly took charge - you can see how small "she" is. Often, we don't know the sex of a bird. In morning rounds, today, Marie explained to us that birds are called "she" if they are beautiful, cute, or well mannered. "He" is for birds that are not so beautiful, or have poor dispositions. Being the only male, I had a moment of introspection.
Here, Marie is flushing out a deep fish hook wound in a Pelagic Cormorant. "He" is a feisty bird - one has to wear eye protection and have a good supply of bandaids when handling cormorants.
Hopefully, he will survive his run-in with the careless fisherman. Marie, where are your safety glasses?
1 comment:
You are a funny writer. That heron chick is so tiny! I hope "she" does well.
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