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This is what happens when we do not fish responsibly. Someone got their line stuck in a mangrove and instead of going to retrieve it they broke it off. When it broke, it left a good 15 yds stretched and tangled from branch to branch. This Little Blue Heron no doubted swooped into the cut in the mangroves to stage for his next meal. That was to be his last...
Little Blue Herons are waders, not swimmers. When I found this guy, the tide was coming in and still had about 1½ ft to rise. Because of his position, the right wing was completely waterlogged and he was doing the best he could to keep afloat. His legs were barely long enough to touch bottom but he was doing the best he could.
I used my Gerber tool to cut the line free from the tree on one side but it was twisted around his feathers tightly. I carefully cut the line free from the feathers without cutting them. He patiently watched as I worked on him and did not flap around or struggle at all. He was too exhausted for that.
I let go of his wing and he walked into the mangrove roots. It took him a couple of tries to tuck his wings; one had been pulled in one direction for an extended amount of time and the other was waterlogged and tired from swimming. He managed to climb into the roots where I'm sure he will rest and dry out as he makes his recovery.
I'm glad I found him in time. Several people passed right by him and didn't event notice.
~Mark~
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| | OMG, how sad.... I hate seeing stuff like that. We found a dead porpoise in the ICW one day, that got tangled in a crab trap rope that had lost the float... poor thing. He was just a baby. We called FWC and they asked that we remain with the poor baby til they could come and pick it up to examine and study it.
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| good thing you were there!
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| gj cook! I havent seen nething like that yet, but I will start to keep a tighter eye out from now on
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| | Cook you da man. It is as simple as that. My parents have brought me up to be very conservation oriented and I like to see it when other people are doing the same. Austin |
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| Great job on that rescue Mark, when I was out taking pics of the area for MMV, we stopped off at bearpoint,and here is what we seen in right in the middle of a mud puddle in the middle of the dirt road,  It was so sad, and uncalled for. I don't know what these people we're thinking. Just makes you want to track those people down and,...well you know. It was good seeing you again, sorry Sharon couldn't make it, maybe next year. Mike
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| Oh man, that is just plain sickening. Sure would be nice to get hold of the one who killed them like that.
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| That just makes me ILL! I'll never understand! How can someone place such little value on life? 
"Not till the loom is silent, and the shuttles cease to fly, shall God unroll the canvas, and explain the reason why."
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| i wanna see nitro bust out the martial arts and whoop the person, ima just watch, cuz.....my anger will take over if i fight em....
Arties are best
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