[Tweeters] Marymoor Great Blue Heron

[Steve Hampton]

I learned a lot about fishing hook and line (FHL) entanglements and bird
mortality when I worked for Calif Dept of Fish & Wildlife. Using Intl Bird
Rescue data, we estimated that something like 500 birds die from FHL
injuries each year (half were pelicans around piers and jetties). It is an
even larger issue in Florida.

While a lot has been done to install used fishing line receptacles and
provide educational signage about not leaving line (and not cutting the
line if you hook a bird), we found that many of the receptacles have no
maintenance-- they are overflowing because no one empties them regularly.
They may have been installed at a public location by an NGO, but neither
the NGO nor the public agency maintain them. That may be one place where
volunteers can step in.

Thank you for your willingness to address this problem.



On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 8:58 AM Vanderhoof, Jennifer <
Jennifer.Vanderhoof at kingcounty.gov> wrote:


> The heron that is hanging dead at the Marymoor rookery is hanging from

> fishing line that it had integrated into the nest. It is heartbreaking to

> imagine how much it must have struggled before it died, while its mate and

> the rest of the colony looked on, and possibly with eggs in the nest. I

> have photos but am not sure how to share them in Tweeters.

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> WDFW has a Monofilament recovery and recycling program, but more needs to

> be done. I want to help in any way I can. Seeing that heron absolutely

> broke my heart.

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> -Jen

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> *Jen Vanderhoof, Senior Ecologist*

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-- 
Steve Hampton
Port Townsend, WA
*Qatay, S'Klallam territory*
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