Traffic a hazard for feathered pedestrians.Byline: Bill Bishop The Register-Guard A bereaved be·reaved adj. Suffering the loss of a loved one: the bereaved family. n. One or those bereaved: The bereaved has entered the church. and injured mallard mallard: see duck. mallard Abundant “wild duck” (Anas platyrhynchos, family Anatidae) of the Northern Hemisphere, ancestor of most domestic ducks. The mallard is a typical dabbling duck in its general habits and courtship display. drake rescued from the street near busy Pioneer Parkway and Q Street on Thursday is the first such save of the season for a local wildlife group, and is a reminder to motorists that nesting birds are more likely to venture near traffic this time of year. In Thursday's rescue, a motorist reported the drake on the street dangerously close to traffic near the body of its dead mate. Before police or rescuers could arrive, the drake was struck and suffered a broken wing, Anderson said. Springfield police placed the bird in an empty police canine kennel and turned it over to the nonprofit rehabilitation group. Anderson said the drake should recover and be released into the wild in three to four weeks. "He's in pretty good shape," she said. Ducks such as the injured drake instinctively stay near their mates during nesting season, Willamette Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife rehabilitation is the process of removing from the wild and caring for: injured, orphaned, or sick wild animals. It is the goal of a wildlife rehabilitator, to provide for the food, housing, and medical care of these animals, returning them to the wild after treatment. Director Reta Anderson said. If a female is nesting in a parking lot or street median, her mate may wander in nearby traffic and be injured. Similar hazards happen after the hatch, when chicks follow their mothers and become trapped on streets with high curbs. Incidents are more common when mating season mating season n → época de celo mating season n → saison f des amours mating season mating n → gets in full swing in March, Anderson said. People who find injured animals that can be safely moved should use a towel or gloves to place them in a cardboard box cardboard box n → caja de cartón cardboard box n → (boîte f en) carton m cardboard box card n → until rescuers can pick them up, she said. Bird flu bird flu: see influenza. bird flu or avian influenza viral respiratory disease, mainly of birds including poultry and waterbirds but also transmissible to humans. has not been reported in Oregon, so it poses no danger to those handling injured birds, she added. The nonprofit wildlife group accepts donations at P.O. Box 10962, Eugene, OR 97440. |
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