[mou] Bittern Rescue

[Sharon Stiteler]

Way to go, Clay.  There must be something in the air.  Last weekend  
at Cape May, the Leica staff helped a stranded bittern too.  You can  
see pictures of it here:

http://www.birdchick.com/2006/10/leica-staff-helps-bittern.html

Sharon Stiteler
Minneapolis, MN


On Nov 4, 2006, at 5:03 PM, Clay Christensen wrote:

> My wife Jean and I rescued an American bittern from the St. Anthony  
> Park community gardens, between Robbins St. and the railroad  
> tracks, just west of Raymond Av. (Ramsey County). It had been seen  
> in the area a week earlier and again yesterday by Sherman Eagles.  
> It never showed any ability to fly. Today it was crouched in one of  
> the garden plots, all fluffed up, looking as mean as it could, with  
> that rapier beak aimed right at my eyes (I wore my protective  
> goggles). I covered it with a towel and put it into a dog carrier.  
> We delivered it to the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Roseville.
>
> Clay Christensen
> Lauderdale, MN