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Title: Snapper..baby pelican rescued with broken wing (Sausalito Bay) Post by: Donna on 28-Oct-09, 07:47:28 AM On Saturday morning, the the Marin Humane Society (MHS) and the Southern Marin Fire Protection District came to the rescue of an injured pelican in Sausalito Bay.
A local resident was the first to alert the Marin Humane Society about a juvenile brown pelican sitting on a pillar in the harbor with what appeared to be a broken wing. Marin Humane Animal Services officers were on the scene by 9:30 a.m. Saturday morning, but quickly realized that they would need a boat to reach the injured bird. Luckily the Southern Marin Fire Protection District, which has a large rescue boat docked in the area, welcomed MHS Officers aboard and helped to track and successfully net the big-beaked baby. The pelican, who displayed a lively personality, was quickly dubbed "Snapper" by MHS officers. Snapper is currently recovering from a fractured wing at Wildcare in San Rafael and is expected to make a full and speedy (snappy?) recovery. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/pets/detail?entry_id=50332 (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/pets/detail?entry_id=50332) pics and video here Title: Re: Snapper..baby pelican rescued with broken wing (Sausalito Bay) Post by: valhalla on 28-Oct-09, 09:03:56 AM Suspect a few rescuers were "snapped" at :)
Title: Re: Snapper..baby pelican rescued with broken wing (Sausalito Bay) Post by: jeanne on 28-Oct-09, 11:30:05 AM I am always touched by the efforts of folks to rescue an animal. Even a snappy one:)
Title: Re: Snapper..baby pelican rescued with broken wing (Sausalito Bay) Post by: Shaky on 28-Oct-09, 11:41:19 AM Wow, this was almost as harrowing as our duckling rescue this summer.
I suppose we should have dubbed mama duck "Crapper." Title: Re: Snapper..baby pelican rescued with broken wing (Sausalito Bay) Post by: Judi on 28-Oct-09, 09:58:55 PM Wow, this was almost as harrowing as our duckling rescue this summer. I suppose we should have dubbed mama duck "Crapper." Duckling rescue??? :surprise: Title: Re: Snapper..baby pelican rescued with broken wing (Sausalito Bay) Post by: Shaky on 29-Oct-09, 01:00:49 PM Yeah, it happened in early June. Carol P. wrote about it on the kfalconcam board.
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