Snagged Duck

Gallery: Man & FaunaPosted January 8, 2011214 views5 comments

Taken a few years ago at Trillium Lake in Oregon.

The problem of snagged birds and other injuries from lost/discarded fishing hooks and lines is a huge hazard. Everywhere I go around lakes is cluttered with globs of old monofilament and old lures and hooks.

I can't count the number of birds I've found snagged, caught, and injured by this irresponsibility.

This poor mallard is hooked in the leg, which appears very swollen. She was swimming in circles and not using the leg at all. Reported to fish and wildlife, who came and caught her, and she hopefully survived after a visit to the Rehab Center

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on January 8, 2011 at 9:27 PM

Good on you, Sandy!

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on January 9, 2011 at 1:49 AM

Way to go, calling for her rescue and all; glad to hear they were able to catch her and hopefully help her! This is a really poignant shot. Plain to see she is suffering. I'm going to pop up on my soapbox and wish that an image like this would get accepted into a hunting and fishing type of magazine and stir some consciences!

Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments

Comment posted by richard remington on January 9, 2011 at 10:30 AM

Sandy,

Way to go! I hate fishing line and the dopes that just toss it overboard. I wish people understood the consequences of their actions.

Rick

Registered on March 12, 2010, 105 Posts, 368 Comments

Comment posted by Harry Harris on January 9, 2011 at 9:55 PM

The last couple of weeks I noted some birds with some type of material snagged on their legs. These sightings have been the only real downer for me with bird photography. Thank you for pointing out that we can contact fish and wildlife services to assist the birds. I will research who to contact at my various sites when I observe a bird in distress.

Registered on August 2, 2010, 169 Posts, 741 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Chambers on January 14, 2011 at 9:50 AM

These scenes do break your heart don't they. I have also come across far too many birds either tangled up or hooked. Here in Florida there are monofilament buckets for fishermen to dicard their old monofilament line, but too many people fail to use them.

Registered on April 10, 2005, 753 Posts, 21216 Comments