Sunday, August 18, 2013

Death at Market Lake WMA

Last week I drove out to Market Lake WMA for a short time but saw this mess.  A farmer had discarded his twine from his hay that he had fed his cows and left it laying everywhere.  It was all over the ground along with other garbage.  A pair of ospreys had used the twine in building their nest and one of the chicks had become tangled in some of the twine and fell from the nest where it died.
 
So I am encouraging everyone who feeds livestock to dispose of the twine in a burn barrel and burn it so this does not happen.  It was a waste of a beautiful bird.
 
 
 
 
Sorry the pictures are sideways, but don't know how to correct them.
 

 
I also met this wonderful marsh wren as it tried to visit me inside my blind.

 
Another day in the wilds of Idaho.

7 comments:

Monts said...

Hi Bill
So sad to see the awful ending this young Osprey had, unfortunately this seems to happen very often with wildlife.
Great image of the wren though

Mary Howell Cromer said...

How Very, Very disturbing and unfortunate! I really hate that this has happened and I hope the farmers in the future will take heed~

Janie said...

I've been guilty of leaving hay twine laying about. Thanks for the warning. So sad to see this happen to the young bird.

eileeninmd said...

Very sad about the Osprey. The wren is a cutie. I hope the farmers will heed your advice. Happy weekend to you!

troutbirder said...

Too bad. It's the same with fishing line people toss away...

Mary said...

Bill, it's a real public service, as well as a service to wildlife to issue this warning--with the photos that show the dire effects. I'm sure many farmers (and others who leave similar hazards around would never guess the practice could result in the death of birds or other wildlife. Thank you!

Yogi♪♪♪ said...

Wow, I never would have thought something like that would happen.