This photo came over the rehabber network, and I’ve been trying to track down its source ever since. Can anyone lay claim to it?
And can we not toss our beer cans?
Suzie Gilbert is a wild bird rehabilitator whose shameful secret is that on more than one occasion she has received a female LBJ, or a fledgling whatever, and has been completely unable to ID it. Luckily she has birder friends who will rush to her aid, although she must then suffer their mockery. She is the author of her bird-rehabbing memoir Flyaway (HarperCollins) and the children's book Hawk Hill (Chronicle Books). Her recent suspenseful, bird-filled adventure novel Unflappable (Perch Press) was selected by Audubon Magazine as one of their Three Best Summer Reads of 2020. She lives in New York's beautiful Hudson Valley and is always up for a good hike.
By google imaging it, I found it on a blog called atheistangel.
The text reads: This photo is from about 3-4 years ago.This heron stabbed a beer can that he thought was a fish. It took 50 hours in one week to track and capture him with a net launching rifle. he was released after a short stay at the hospital. I just think it’s important to remind Everyone the impact litter has on wildlife.
The blog seems to be defunct but here’s the tumblr I found it on: http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/herron
Ellen, thank you! I looked up the site … I wish they had ID’d the people involved. It’s such an effective photo.