As regular CFZ-watchers will know, for some time Corinna has been doing a column for Animals & Men and a regular segment on On The Track... particularly about out-of-place birds and rare vagrants. There seem to be more and more bird stories from all over the world hitting the news these days so, to make room for them all - and to give them all equal and worthy coverage - she has set up this new blog to cover all things feathery and Fortean.

Saturday, 17 May 2014

Tree-trimming Accident Update :Protected Birds Injured in Tree-Trimming Accident

By Matthew Foster
May 8, 2014 1:59pm

Five baby black-crowned Night Herons in California are recovering today after quite the fall.

The federally protected birds were injured last week while crews trimmed trees near a U.S. Post Office, according to the International Bird Rescue in Fairfield, Calif.

ht injured bird jc 140508 16x9 608 Protected Birds Injured in Tree Trimming Accident  Andrew Harmon with the International Bird Rescue told ABC News that the herons are recovering in incubators and that their injuries are indicative of a fall from a tree.
“Their bruises and scrapes are consistent with an animal falling from a nest at that age,” Harmon said.

The birds are doing well, but one of them did have surgery on its beak, Harmon added.

“I’ve seen tree trimming accidents, but nothing this dramatic before,” he said.

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