20 days. That is how long it took the incredibly caring team at Pelican Harbor Seabird Station to rehabilitate a Great White Herron, leading up to his release this past Wednesday, June 9 at Crandon in Key Biscayne.
As Hanna McDougal, Outreach Coordinator at Pelican Harbor, describes it, a good samaritan brought the beautiful Herron to them suffering from botulism poisoning, which according to McDougal, causes the Herron not to be able to fend for themselves.
Key Biscayne resident and professor at University of Miami RSMAS,Lynne Schmale, was selected to perform the exciting task of opening the cage and set the Herron “back home.” Schmale is a donor and supporter of the work being done at Pelican Harbor Seabird Station, which has grown to a patient load exceeding 2,500 animals a year.
For more information on Pelican Harbor Seabird Station, or to become a donor, click here.
Photo if Herron release by Christopher Boykin – video by Bill Durham
