Date: 4/18/24 8:20 am From: Sue Wetmore <000006207b3956ac-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] On the subject of injured birds
I guess if someone put a pail over me and whacked it I’d come to as well.
Most interesting!
Sue Wetmore
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> On Apr 18, 2024, at 10:44 AM, Charlie Teske <cteske140...> wrote:
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> On a recent rip to Belize I came upon a ochre-bellied flycatcher that was a victim of a window collision. When I pointed it out to our guide of Mayan heritage he asked if I knew how long ago it had been injured. He went on to say that they have found that, if they find the bird shortly after the accident, they can put a pail over it and hit the pail with a stick, and the reverberations created perform a sort of external CPR on the bird, bringing him back to flying status promptly. Has anyone heard of this? I tried it on a chickadee that hit our house window yesterday and he immediately went from lying flat with wings splayed to standing upright on all two's. He flew off shortly thereafter, so I think I've become a believer, though still not sure about the science.
