Máistir Nádúraí: Mango "rescued" from the wild?

11.07.2007

Mango "rescued" from the wild?

From the Wisconsin Birding Network...

Subject: mango update
From: "Mike Ramsden"
Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:22:53 -0600

The Beloit Mango has been rescued from the wild and is currently under the care of a licensed rehabilitator. Reports are that it is eating and doing well. I suspect that it will be transferred to the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago when it is able. If I receive any new information I will be sure and pass it along.

Mike Ramsden
Beloit, Rock County

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The story unfolds...

Link: Mango captured, may be taken to zoo

Link: Mango saved from a Wisconsin winter

Bio:

Mike McDowell has been documenting southern Wisconsin’s flora and fauna since 1987 and began leading field trips in 2002. Prolific at Pheasant Branch Conservancy, other highlighted natural areas include Pope Farm Conservancy, Spring Green Preserve, and the Baraboo Hills. His nature photography has appeared in various publications, newspapers, magazines and was even featured on a Wisconsin Endangered Resources license plate, a Capital Brewery beer label, and a National Geographic publication. He began journaling nature observations on this blog in 2005. He's the recipient of the 2012 Bronze Passenger Pigeon Award from the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology, presented to individuals who have made outstanding contributions in their local communities or state to promote the field of ornithology. He was a finalist in Swarovski’s Digiscoper of the Year photography contest several times. His other interests include insect macro-photography (especially tiger beetles, treehoppers, and robber flies), fossil collecting, amateur astronomy, botany, natural history, and marksmanship with long-range rifles. Once a gigging musician, collecting Fender Stratocasters is a recently revived interest—most prized being a 1957 Vintage Custom Shop 'Mary Kaye' White Blonde. A former IT Professional, he's spent the last 24 years employed in the sport optics industry.