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| Jerry Avins... |
 Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:20 pm |
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My new dog Khya found a blue jay on our morning walk that appeared to be
in its death throes. The jay twitched occasionally, but one foot stayed
in the same place at the base of a tree. I can't say that Khya would
have left it unmolested indefinitely, but she didn't harm it before I
moved her away and tethered her to the next tree. I went back and
examined the bird, which fluttered weakly. I moved a few small sticks
away and found the foot firmly grasping a bit of attached bark,
apparently unable to let go. I crushed the bark to make is small enough
to be released, and the jay was free. It stayed where it was, apparently
(silly me!) too week to get away. It just sat there with its head
halfway back and its beak open wide. I left it and walked back to Khya.
When I got there, about 20 feet, the jay was gone. Khya is a husky and
shepherd mix. The gentle beast did her good deed today.
Jerry
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| bthache... |
| Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 3:13 pm |
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Sounds like you've gotten another wonderful pet, Jerry. Congratulations.
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"Jerry Avins" <jya at (no spam) ieee.org> wrote in message
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My new dog Khya found a blue jay on our morning walk that appeared to be
in its death throes. The jay twitched occasionally, but one foot stayed
in the same place at the base of a tree. I can't say that Khya would
have left it unmolested indefinitely, but she didn't harm it before I
moved her away and tethered her to the next tree. I went back and
examined the bird, which fluttered weakly. I moved a few small sticks
away and found the foot firmly grasping a bit of attached bark,
apparently unable to let go. I crushed the bark to make is small enough
to be released, and the jay was free. It stayed where it was, apparently
(silly me!) too week to get away. It just sat there with its head
halfway back and its beak open wide. I left it and walked back to Khya.
When I got there, about 20 feet, the jay was gone. Khya is a husky and
shepherd mix. The gentle beast did her good deed today.
Jerry
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| Laurence Sheldon... |
| Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 4:52 pm |
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Quote: I went back and
examined the bird, which fluttered weakly. I moved a few small sticks
away and found the foot firmly grasping a bit of attached bark,
apparently unable to let go. I crushed the bark to make is small
enough to be released, and the jay was free.
I think I can add a bit to that. A long time ago I wondered why birds
don't fall off of stuff when they fall asleep.
The answer was that the "engineering" of their foot is such that wne the
settle on something, their foot structure (bones, ligaments, etc) grips
the thing settled upon without an voluntary action by the bird. To get
loose they have "go weightless" so to speak to pull their feet off the
wire or what ever.
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