re-tek
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saved a life while MD'ing!
went looking for a place to MD yesterday with my better half. found this old city park that kept rattling my memory. turns out, about 30 years ago or so it was the first place i ever saw someone metal detect! i remember seeing a lady pulling coins out of the ground and it just amazed me as a child. she took the time to explain what she was doing and well, here i am now, part of the hobby! it was kinda cool to find the place where you got introduced to a lifelong hobby after soo many years!
anyways... towards the back of the park where some nice old trees and some picnic tables. we headed back there. there was an old concrete slab with something weird on it. my better half called me over to look at it. it looked like a tree stump from far away. as i got closer i realized it was a big eagle like bird.
the bird was struggling to stand and was hanging its head down low. looked like a hawk of some kind once i got closer. i called the wildlife hospital at the museum i work at and they said bring it in. great... hmm.. how do you grab a hawk? he's sick and all but this guy could mess me up if he has any energy left.
i grabbed a towel and came up behind him and wrapped him in it. he was soo weak he didnt even fight. he did grab my finger with his talons though and had one heck of a grip even though he was sick. once i had him we threw the MD'ers in the car and headed off to the musuem.
turns out its a young red shouldered hawk and he had been poisoned. they said they might be able to save him. i just checked up on him and he made it through the night so he might pull through.
below is a pic of the hawk once i had him wrapped in the towel and on our way to the museum. this is probably one of the odder things i've had happen while MD'ing. hope the guy makes it and i get to see him released again!
went looking for a place to MD yesterday with my better half. found this old city park that kept rattling my memory. turns out, about 30 years ago or so it was the first place i ever saw someone metal detect! i remember seeing a lady pulling coins out of the ground and it just amazed me as a child. she took the time to explain what she was doing and well, here i am now, part of the hobby! it was kinda cool to find the place where you got introduced to a lifelong hobby after soo many years!
anyways... towards the back of the park where some nice old trees and some picnic tables. we headed back there. there was an old concrete slab with something weird on it. my better half called me over to look at it. it looked like a tree stump from far away. as i got closer i realized it was a big eagle like bird.
the bird was struggling to stand and was hanging its head down low. looked like a hawk of some kind once i got closer. i called the wildlife hospital at the museum i work at and they said bring it in. great... hmm.. how do you grab a hawk? he's sick and all but this guy could mess me up if he has any energy left.
i grabbed a towel and came up behind him and wrapped him in it. he was soo weak he didnt even fight. he did grab my finger with his talons though and had one heck of a grip even though he was sick. once i had him we threw the MD'ers in the car and headed off to the musuem.
turns out its a young red shouldered hawk and he had been poisoned. they said they might be able to save him. i just checked up on him and he made it through the night so he might pull through.
below is a pic of the hawk once i had him wrapped in the towel and on our way to the museum. this is probably one of the odder things i've had happen while MD'ing. hope the guy makes it and i get to see him released again!
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