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#1 Aug-07-09 8:39PM

bigjeffie
Patagonian Toothfish
Registered: Feb-24-09
Posts: 1456

duck ensnared by fishing line at cedar

i never mentioned fishing cedar last week, when a couple a lady walkers staring caught my attention...
i stepped around the way a bit, and saw the object.

a mallard kept trying to leave the bank, only to be dragged back as if by an unseen hand.

i ambled over, perused the oddity for a moment, the approached the hectic duck.
i found a stand of red braid, wrapped about a bit of shore debris, leading out to the flapping and helpless waterfowl.

i gently drew the bird as close as i dared, while it quacked and carried on in ducklish, then  cut the nasty bit of line several inches short of the cinch point on the duck's leg  .

i was concerned getting any closer might drive the frantic fellow into injuring itself.

i hope that bit of line comes off somehow. it was the best i could manage at the moment

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#2 Aug-08-09 6:51PM

Ernie
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From: Ashburn VA
Registered: Feb-03-06
Posts: 15564

Re: duck ensnared by fishing line at cedar

Good work......


Time to go fishin' again!

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#3 Aug-08-09 6:52PM

Dominion Dan
Patagonian Toothfish
From: Falls Church, VA
Registered: May-24-08
Posts: 1059

Re: duck ensnared by fishing line at cedar

yeah, nice rescue!

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#4 Aug-09-09 5:46PM

CozUF2001
Patagonian Toothfish
From: Richmond, Virginia
Registered: Mar-26-08
Posts: 1419
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Re: duck ensnared by fishing line at cedar

That should serve as a valuable reminder to all to throw your line away. Cutting and leaving it endangers the local habitat.


If it were easy, they'd call it catching!

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#5 Aug-09-09 6:02PM

Dominion Dan
Patagonian Toothfish
From: Falls Church, VA
Registered: May-24-08
Posts: 1059

Re: duck ensnared by fishing line at cedar

yeah, i've seen pictures of heron hanging from trees that weren't pretty.

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