Aspen down...

Post by **Killerbunny** » Tue Apr 19, 2016 5:57 am

I really don't get some of the wildlife centres either. They were treating and releasing non-native house finches that had mycoplasma. This left them as carriers.

kenya · Post by **kenya** » Tue Apr 19, 2016 7:33 am

Neat find, I'm sure they'll set another clutch, as someone else said it's still early.

Post by **WLLady** » Tue Apr 19, 2016 7:58 am

They could also be eggs from another year....like last year. not all eggs get bacteria and rot.....
We had the misfortune of cutting down a tree with some older folks that needed it down (falling on the house) so we helped take it down. Inside was a nest FULL of baby red squirrels-those are protected and endangered in the province we were in. Mom red squirrel was absolutely frantic, we had no idea there was a nest in it-an old birch tree, split by lightning and wind, leaning on the house. so of course, i have livestock, therefore i must know what to do....LOL. got on some big old gloves and carefully relocated the kids into a pile of raked up leaves on the edge of the woods all the time mom was stalking me from the tree tops....i moved off about 20 yards and watched to make sure mom found them. she did, and moved each one, scruff of the neck, to another tree inside the woods (multiple nests apparently). i was very happy they were retrieved by mom, i do think she understood i was trying to help, and they moved about 50 yards all told....but wow, the stress....LOL. if mom doesn't take them back then what? i'm only there for a few days, i can't take them home with me and feed them-they were JUST getting fur! so, major major relief when mom took them back. otherwise um....and absolutely heart wrenching for the folks we were helping, she felt so guilty, in tears...having destroyed their lives. ug. i personally would much rather leave wildlife to it's own devices....it's keeps them wild....and next time we go to help them, i'm going to stake out the tree for a day and make sure there's no squirrels anywhere near it!

Hate to say, but if the tree came down with a thud the eggs-if fresh-would probably have been damaged and not incubate successfully anyways. It's too bad the regs are so stringent and inflexible, but there are some strange people out there, that will do silly things like house wild lions and tigers...and then wonder why they got eaten.....um....i admit a woodpecker isn't a tiger, but the line has to be drawn somewhere to be consistent, so all exotics, all wildlife, otherwise people could think "hey, a pileated woodpecker would be a novel pet" and then go hunting out the nests...because some people are just dumb that way. like the guys that smuggle birds in curlers, or turtles strapped to their legs....

TomK · Post by **TomK** » Tue Apr 19, 2016 10:47 am

WWL..all good points...'cept how does one wonder anything when in the belly of a (just) well fed tiger?...

:running-chicken:

Doug The Chickenman · Post by **Doug The Chickenman** » Tue Apr 19, 2016 11:52 am

Painfully that is how they feel so they would not be wondering anything.

Post by **WLLady** » Tue Apr 19, 2016 12:41 pm

apparently the guy that got mauled down here asked that question (why would my tiger attack me) before he died after he got attacked the first time..um....lol. if anyone actually owning a lion or tiger has to ask why they would attack a prey animal (person) when carrying other prey items (food) into their pen...um...

windwalkingwolf · Post by **windwalkingwolf** » Tue Apr 19, 2016 2:21 pm

It doesnt even have to be an attack. Anybody who's ever owned a house cat knows they like to grab your arm in play, or in annoyance if you're touching the wrong spot...or stalk your feet/grab your pant leg as you walk by...now imagine that your house cat weighs 400 pounds and wants his dinner RIGHT NOW, as cats tend to do LOL, or that he's zipping around with excess energy...an accidental 'nudge' from a big cat can take out both your knees, and like their smaller domesticated (ha!) relatives, chances are good they will pounce and chew

baronrenfrew · Post by **baronrenfrew** » Tue Apr 19, 2016 7:18 pm

Killerbunny wrote:QR_BBPOST I really don't get some of the wildlife centres either. They were treating and releasing non-native house finches that had mycoplasma. This left them as carriers.

Yep, there's a farm In Vermont that raises lowline Angus, the gov't down there makes them delay a month before making hay to protect a bird that's a transplant from Europe!

Post by **Home Grown Poultry** » Tue Apr 19, 2016 8:18 pm

which bird Baron? must be something pretty LOL. Like Mute Swans eh. a beautiful invasive protected species here.

edit... oh wait they are not on the Species at risk list. they are all over the St. Clair River reaking havok and displacing native birds.

edit second time... LOL... OH WAIT! In Ontario, these birds have been protected under the Migratory Bird Act since 1974.

TomK · Post by **TomK** » Wed Apr 20, 2016 8:59 am

I just love how this thread went from pileated eggs in a downed aspen to tigers/lions eating people to trumpeter swans...gotta love you folks.... :running-chicken: