Comments on: Mango update: The countdown begins http://fieldguidetohummingbirds.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/mango-update-the-countdown-begins/ Blogging about wild things that make my heart sing Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:08:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: “Rescuing” baby hummingbirds « Life, Birds, and Everything http://fieldguidetohummingbirds.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/mango-update-the-countdown-begins/#comment-299 “Rescuing” baby hummingbirds « Life, Birds, and Everything Wed, 27 May 2009 21:55:34 +0000 http://fieldguidetohummingbirds.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/mango-update-the-countdown-begins/#comment-299 [...] Normally I would recommend zoos as a resource, but not after what happened to the Wisconsin Mango. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)No TitleHummingbird babies…Kid-tested: Baby [...] [...] Normally I would recommend zoos as a resource, but not after what happened to the Wisconsin Mango. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)No TitleHummingbird babies…Kid-tested: Baby [...]

]]> By: Rods and mango redux « Life, Birds, and Everything http://fieldguidetohummingbirds.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/mango-update-the-countdown-begins/#comment-202 Rods and mango redux « Life, Birds, and Everything Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:18:26 +0000 http://fieldguidetohummingbirds.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/mango-update-the-countdown-begins/#comment-202 [...] unexpectedly hot topic in that category is the Wisconsin Green-breasted Mango (previous entries 1, 2, 3, 4). I’m not sure what’s behind the sudden resurgence of interest in this [...] [...] unexpectedly hot topic in that category is the Wisconsin Green-breasted Mango (previous entries 1, 2, 3, 4). I’m not sure what’s behind the sudden resurgence of interest in this [...]

]]> By: ken archambault http://fieldguidetohummingbirds.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/mango-update-the-countdown-begins/#comment-77 ken archambault Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:33:54 +0000 http://fieldguidetohummingbirds.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/mango-update-the-countdown-begins/#comment-77 hi, Sheri, so what's the latest? will the mango be strong enough upon release? do hummingbird flight muscles atrophy in aviaries? is the mango on public display at the brookfield zoo? if tranferred to Texas, should it be held again in an aviary, and if so where and for how long, to ensure that it is strong enough to survive? would appreciate your thoughts, and good luck! oh, is the bird now banded--if you know? -ken in alabama hi, Sheri, so what’s the latest? will the mango be strong enough upon release? do hummingbird flight muscles atrophy in aviaries? is the mango on public display at the brookfield zoo? if tranferred to Texas, should it be held again in an aviary, and if so where and for how long, to ensure that it is strong enough to survive? would appreciate your thoughts, and good luck! oh, is the bird now banded–if you know? -ken in alabama

]]> By: Sheri http://fieldguidetohummingbirds.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/mango-update-the-countdown-begins/#comment-32 Sheri Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:07:35 +0000 http://fieldguidetohummingbirds.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/mango-update-the-countdown-begins/#comment-32 Thanks to everybody for taking an interest in this situation. The negotiations continue and are at a critical stage right now, but I'm cautiously optimistic. I'm hoping that I can ask the mango's supporters to write letters thanking the Brookfield Zoo for giving him a second chance, so please sit tight until I hear back from the zoo administration. Thanks to everybody for taking an interest in this situation. The negotiations continue and are at a critical stage right now, but I’m cautiously optimistic. I’m hoping that I can ask the mango’s supporters to write letters thanking the Brookfield Zoo for giving him a second chance, so please sit tight until I hear back from the zoo administration.

]]> By: Peggy Siegert http://fieldguidetohummingbirds.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/mango-update-the-countdown-begins/#comment-30 Peggy Siegert Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:45:26 +0000 http://fieldguidetohummingbirds.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/mango-update-the-countdown-begins/#comment-30 Sheri, Howsabout letters to the editor of the Chicago Tribune requesting relocation of the mango to the Lower Rio Grande Valley ? Could that be something the rest of us could do while you and other pros deal with the zoo? Peggy Siegert Slidell, LA Sheri,
Howsabout letters to the editor of the Chicago Tribune requesting relocation of the mango to the Lower Rio Grande Valley ?
Could that be something the rest of us could do while you and other pros deal with the zoo?
Peggy Siegert
Slidell, LA

]]> By: Ben C. http://fieldguidetohummingbirds.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/mango-update-the-countdown-begins/#comment-27 Ben C. Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:15:46 +0000 http://fieldguidetohummingbirds.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/mango-update-the-countdown-begins/#comment-27 Found your posts on the Green-breasted Mango from Mike's blog. Thanks for taking the time and energy on behalf of the Mango and all future wayward hummers. We had a similar situation happen with the New York City Calliope Hummingbird that was found at the southern tip of Manhattan. A "rehabber" set up a trap to capture this hummingbird in order to have it winter over in the Bronx Zoo. Luckily the "rehabber" was unsuccessful. Ben Cacace Found your posts on the Green-breasted Mango from Mike’s blog. Thanks for taking the time and energy on behalf of the Mango and all future wayward hummers.

We had a similar situation happen with the New York City Calliope Hummingbird that was found at the southern tip of Manhattan. A “rehabber” set up a trap to capture this hummingbird in order to have it winter over in the Bronx Zoo. Luckily the “rehabber” was unsuccessful.

Ben Cacace

]]> By: penny http://fieldguidetohummingbirds.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/mango-update-the-countdown-begins/#comment-26 penny Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:35:06 +0000 http://fieldguidetohummingbirds.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/mango-update-the-countdown-begins/#comment-26 OOPS! The first part of the email was cut off. Here it is again. "The US Fish and Wildlife Service, which enforces the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, has a policy of NOT issuing permits to transport wayward hummingbirds back to their normal range. In years past, we used to capture Rufous Hummingbirds here in WI in November after freeze-up. We would send them to a hummingbird rehabilitator in CA. She would keep them over-winter and release them the following spring. A few years back though, the USFWS changed their policy and refuses to allow for the capture and relocation of wayward hummers. " Scott Diehl OOPS! The first part of the email was cut off. Here it is again.

“The US Fish and Wildlife Service, which enforces the Migratory Bird Treaty Act,
has a policy of NOT issuing permits to transport wayward hummingbirds back to
their normal range.

In years past, we used to capture Rufous Hummingbirds here in WI in November
after freeze-up. We would send them to a hummingbird rehabilitator in CA. She
would keep them over-winter and release them the following spring. A few years
back though, the USFWS changed their policy and refuses to allow for the capture
and relocation of wayward hummers. ”

Scott Diehl

]]> By: penny http://fieldguidetohummingbirds.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/mango-update-the-countdown-begins/#comment-25 penny Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:32:31 +0000 http://fieldguidetohummingbirds.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/mango-update-the-countdown-begins/#comment-25 For what it is worth, I wrote to the NWF and asked if they would consider getting involved to help get the Green-Breated Mango released. I also received a 2nd email from Scott Diehl of the WHS. Here it is in its entirety: "has a policy of NOT issuing permits to transport wayward hummingbirds back to their normal range. In years past, we used to capture Rufous Hummingbirds here in WI in November after freeze-up. We would send them to a hummingbird rehabilitator in CA. She would keep them over-winter and release them the following spring. A few years back though, the USFWS changed their policy and refuses to allow for the capture and relocation of wayward hummers." Scott Diehl For what it is worth, I wrote to the NWF and asked if they would consider getting involved to help get the Green-Breated Mango released. I also received a 2nd email from Scott Diehl of the WHS. Here it is in its entirety:
“has a policy of NOT issuing permits to transport wayward hummingbirds back to
their normal range.

In years past, we used to capture Rufous Hummingbirds here in WI in November
after freeze-up. We would send them to a hummingbird rehabilitator in CA. She
would keep them over-winter and release them the following spring. A few years
back though, the USFWS changed their policy and refuses to allow for the capture
and relocation of wayward hummers.”

Scott Diehl

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