PHOTO COURTESY OF JAMES STUGART
Clarkstown-area resident James Stugart said he saw this young blue heron by the West Branch of the Susquehanna River on the morning of Aug. 24. “It couldn’t fly, so I called the Game Commission and they came down and picked it up,” he wrote in an email. Wildlife Conservation Officer Harold Cole told the Sun-Gazette that the bird looked as though it had been “downed awhile and had not eaten for some time.” Following a complete evaluation, he made the decision to dispatch the heron, due to its poor condition.
Clarkstown-area resident James Stugart said he saw this young blue heron by the West Branch of the Susquehanna River on the morning of Aug. 24. “It couldn’t fly, so I called the Game Commission and they came down and picked it up,” he wrote in an email. Wildlife Conservation Officer Harold Cole told the Sun-Gazette that the bird looked as though it had been “downed awhile and had not eaten for some time.” Following a complete evaluation, he made the decision to dispatch the heron, due to its poor condition.
