Kristan
Well-known member
I do not know if I ever posted this picture I have slept since then....So I decided to post...
This was roughly the first part of October in 2008 on the St. Joe River below the dam near IPFW in Fort Wayne, IN...I dropped the BBSB in the water there just to run the motor and check to see if all maintenance work was satisfactory...Changed plugs, lower unit oil, new prop, and etc...I was running the boat up in down the channel in the area when I came up on this duck...It was almost lifeless when I got to the bird...It had a fish hook caught in its left thigh with the fishing line wrapped around its body...It was actually so tangled it could barely keep its head above the water...The bird had lost all of its "oil" sheen and looked water logged or sweated out...I pulled up beside the bird and put in my lap then headed to shore...Cut all the line, clipped the barb on the hook, and removed the hook from the bird...Before I took this picture I laid the bird in my lap...It rested there as if it was my own pet and actually started to preen as I reached for my camera...I took this photo and released the bird on shore...The bird followed me up to my truck as I walked and the girl that was with me shouted for me to turn around and look...The bird stopped beside me and started to preen again...So I continued to walk to the truck...It followed me all the way up the hill...I broke a granola bar I had and fed the bird...It preened for another 30 minutes and just sat down by us in the park by the river...Later a group of birds locked-up in the river and it quickly followed with a small flight to the greeting party...It sure made my day...
Hope you enjoy...
Kristan
View attachment Duck on Maumee River.jpg
This was roughly the first part of October in 2008 on the St. Joe River below the dam near IPFW in Fort Wayne, IN...I dropped the BBSB in the water there just to run the motor and check to see if all maintenance work was satisfactory...Changed plugs, lower unit oil, new prop, and etc...I was running the boat up in down the channel in the area when I came up on this duck...It was almost lifeless when I got to the bird...It had a fish hook caught in its left thigh with the fishing line wrapped around its body...It was actually so tangled it could barely keep its head above the water...The bird had lost all of its "oil" sheen and looked water logged or sweated out...I pulled up beside the bird and put in my lap then headed to shore...Cut all the line, clipped the barb on the hook, and removed the hook from the bird...Before I took this picture I laid the bird in my lap...It rested there as if it was my own pet and actually started to preen as I reached for my camera...I took this photo and released the bird on shore...The bird followed me up to my truck as I walked and the girl that was with me shouted for me to turn around and look...The bird stopped beside me and started to preen again...So I continued to walk to the truck...It followed me all the way up the hill...I broke a granola bar I had and fed the bird...It preened for another 30 minutes and just sat down by us in the park by the river...Later a group of birds locked-up in the river and it quickly followed with a small flight to the greeting party...It sure made my day...
Hope you enjoy...
Kristan
View attachment Duck on Maumee River.jpg
