  Ravine Member Username: Ravine Post Number: 136 Registered: 01-2006 Posted From: 69.221.33.76 |
You see the title of this post. The point is that this bird has a tiny metal band around one of its legs, with some tiny print embossed on it. I can't read the print, and I'm not in a big hurry to pick the damned thing up for a close inspection, but I'm thinking that this bird was "tagged" by some state wildlife officer, or some such person, and the fact that it wound up dead in my driveway may be of interest to whoever tagged it. You all possess knowledge about a wide spectrum of subjects. Anybody have a suggestion as to who I might call about this, in case it might be of interest to whoever tagged it? | ||
Susanarosa Member Username: Susanarosa Post Number: 895 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 208.39.170.90 |
What kind of bird is it? If it's a crow it could be something related to west nile. All I know is that when you get a west nile bird you call the city in which you reside and they send someone out to scoop it up and test it. | ||
Dabirch Member Username: Dabirch Post Number: 1580 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 208.44.117.10 |
That's funny. You haven't lived in Detroit long, have you? I can't even get the city to clean up bum shit. Sure they'll come and get a dead bird off my driveway. | ||
Merchantgander Member Username: Merchantgander Post Number: 1881 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 150.198.150.244 |
KFC or the Lucky Dragon | ||
Susanarosa Member Username: Susanarosa Post Number: 896 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 208.39.170.90 |
I'm sorry, I was not aware that Ravine lived in Detroit. Which is why I said "the city in which you reside." If you live in Detroit, you may want to call Wayne County Health and Human Services and see if they are interested in it. | ||
Neilr Member Username: Neilr Post Number: 263 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 69.242.223.67 |
If it was a blackbird, this comes from the North Carolina Cooperative Extension. http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/martin /wildrecipes/wgrblkbrd1.php | ||
Blessyouboys Member Username: Blessyouboys Post Number: 452 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 69.209.161.86 |
Type of bird? | ||
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker Post Number: 1237 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 63.41.40.89 |
Reporting a bird band: http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0, 1607,7-153-10363_10859-57227-- ,00.html You need to get the number off of the band, I suggest covering you had with a plastic bag, and inverting it with the d.b. inside. | ||
Ravine Member Username: Ravine Post Number: 137 Registered: 01-2006 Posted From: 69.221.33.76 |
Thank you, all (particularly Hornwrecker.) I'm going to get on the phone right now. Don't know what kind of bird it is. "KFC or the Lucky Dragon," indeed. That is pretty funny. | ||
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard Post Number: 850 Registered: 10-2004 Posted From: 69.242.223.42 |
I called the supposedly correct Detroit "authorities" about three dead crows and I'm still waiting... What's it been now? Maybe four years for the first one. | ||
Ravine Member Username: Ravine Post Number: 138 Registered: 01-2006 Posted From: 69.221.33.76 |
Well, I called the Michigan DNR, and they connected me with the Wildlife Division, who had no interest, and told me that I could just dispose of the bird, and that Michigan doesn't band birds. (I was really hoping that they would come and pick the damned thing up... I have a phobia about dead animals... Yeeaauucccckk. I know, I know; I'm a p***y.) | ||
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard Post Number: 852 Registered: 10-2004 Posted From: 69.242.223.42 |
Don't you eat dead animals? Or do you prefer your meat very, very fresh? | ||
Johnnny5 Member Username: Johnnny5 Post Number: 275 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 71.227.95.4 |
If you don't want to touch it just use a heavy pair of scissors and cut the leg just below the band. The band will fall off and you can then pick it up wash, and send the information to the proper place. Chances are it's marked with contact information. I harvest 2-3 tagged birds while duck hunting each year. The infomation helps determine the ages and migration habits of many different species. | ||
Susanarosa Member Username: Susanarosa Post Number: 897 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 208.39.170.90 |
Or just get a shovel, dig a hole and bury it with the tag still attached. No touching involved and the it's supposed to be more sanitary than throwing it in the garbage. | ||
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker Post Number: 1238 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 63.41.40.89 |
Try this page, an online reporting at the USGS, but you need the #. http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/b blretrv/webrec.cfm | ||
Alexei289 Member Username: Alexei289 Post Number: 1174 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.61.183.223 |
... I was one of the 29 people in 2004 that contracted the west nile virus... it FUKING SUX!!!! Imagine being in the hospital for 2 weeks with no insurance... and the docs have NO idea what you have besides a 105 fever, liver damage, and borderline coma... yet every test they do comes back negative. It took them 2 months to figure it out... its kinda scary when your about to die, but you have big wig doctors with med students studying you to figure out what you got and the best drugs to make you comfortable.... not even to help u get better BTW, im still paying on that hospital bill... $35,584... its actually the reason why I cant afford college. | ||
Crew Member Username: Crew Post Number: 970 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 146.9.52.165 |
or you could just use a shovel or rake or whatever you have handy and flip it over the fence into the neighbor's yard. problem solved. | ||
Blessyouboys Member Username: Blessyouboys Post Number: 455 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 69.209.161.86 |
That sucks Alexei...a lot Anyone know if there is any evidence that West Nile's recent prevalence has to do with global warming? It wouldn't surprise me | ||
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard Post Number: 853 Registered: 10-2004 Posted From: 69.242.223.42 |
By "liberal" definition, anything can or is caused by global warming, and just about anything causes global warming. [You don't have to be very intelligent or educated to know that.] Our last two cold winters here were obviously related to global warming. But hey, it got warm just before the SB. A good byproduct of global warming. OTOH, one large vulcano can easily overtrump years of "abuse" to the ecosystem caused by humans. | ||
Ravine Member Username: Ravine Post Number: 141 Registered: 01-2006 Posted From: 69.221.33.76 |
Screw it. I took Susanarosa's advice and buried the damned thing in my yard. It looked like a Robin. If it turns out that the band has some enormous significance, any interested parties are welcome to pop on over to my place and dig up the corpse. Thanks to all of you who responded to my plea. (Caught ya with that thread-title, didn't I?) | ||
Dillpicklesoup Member Username: Dillpicklesoup Post Number: 51 Registered: 05-2006 Posted From: 64.7.188.196 |
I had a dead swan out on my lake- and I called the dnr and a few other outfits- none of them were interested- good luck- | ||
Supersport Member Username: Supersport Post Number: 10179 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.246.37.236 |
Mental note, stay away from Alexei289, as he gets obscure diseases. | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 2297 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 4.229.105.199 |
No Supersport.... just make sure you know which glass he's drinking from..... But seriously, yeah I have a buddy who's 74 year old father had it last year.... 4 months in a hospital (1 month til they found out what he had), and 8 months in a nursing home.... until he finally could come home! Folks, West Nile is no laughing matter. I have to badger my 83 year old mother to stay indoors around sunset (that's usually when she likes to water her flowers). AVOID OUTDOORS AROUND SUNSET AND SUNRISE!!! | ||
Alexei289 Member Username: Alexei289 Post Number: 1177 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.61.183.223 |
west nile is alot like mono (i did my research..  ) 80% of the population has it or has been exposed to it, the thing is, 98% of the people that have it notice no symptoms, but chances are, you have it flowing in your blood right now. Its similar like mono because most people are only carriers.. The reason that infections went down so dramatically wasnt because there is less west nile, its actually because now that nearly everyone is infected, there is less new people to get exposed. Same with mono.. 90% of us have the epstein Barr virus in our body... but only 5% of us will end up with mono. Interesting that the Epstein Barr virus, and the west nile virus both cause fever and attack the liver. | ||
Tayshaun22 Member Username: Tayshaun22 Post Number: 232 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 69.14.101.116 |
I don't think you're allowed to complain about the medical bill. That's why you get insurance in the first place. | ||
Detroit_stylin Member Username: Detroit_stylin Post Number: 2726 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.202.227.12 |
For those of us that can afford it... | ||
Bvos Member Username: Bvos Post Number: 1523 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.238.170.40 |
Boneheaded statement of the year award goes to Tayshaun22 | ||
Danny Member Username: Danny Post Number: 4298 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 141.217.174.229 |
I wonder that DEAD BIRD has the Bird Flu Virus!!! | ||
Tayshaun22 Member Username: Tayshaun22 Post Number: 237 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 69.14.101.116 |
When you live in an dense urban space and don't need a car, how can you not afford insurance? |
