Tam's Demise (Tuesday's Truths WK 198)

Two weeks ago, with help of a colleague, I rescued a pigeon (now named Tam) in my garden on the UWS of NYC and took him to The Wildbird Fund (AKA WBF), NYC's wonderful and only bird rehab center. I subsequently posted detailed info about this scenario in an entry here on Blogger at that time. 

I ultimately found out (via Twitter) that I could follow up in ten days-two weeks time to see the status of the injured creature.

Yesterday, I did that and I am offering the folowing is a "transcript" of our exchange as my content for this week's Tuesday's Truths segement (posted below in italics):

ME: I'm not having success with DM re the pigeon I brought in on 10-14-2020. Can you PM me? Yesterday, 1:55 PM

WBF: Hi. Can you send me the name on the intake form for the Oct. 14 pigeon? Yesterday, 2:55 PM

ME: Patricia Youngquist Yesterday, 4:00 PM

WBF: Thank you. I found it on Oct. 13. This is a fledgling, very emaciated, we suspect as the result of a bacterial infection. He's in our isolation room, receiving antibiotics, anti-fungal medical and supportive care. We'll have to wait and see how he does. Thank you for helping him! Yesterday, 4:05 PM

ME: Thank you for your reply and oops you are right. I did bring the pigeon in on October 13th. I hope he pulls through. When should I check in again? I really appreciate the work you do (understatement). I am quite behind in rent and am scrambling for income but when I turn things around, I hope to be able to donate $$$ to you. Yesterday, 4:14 PM

WBF: Thank you, Patricia. Don't worry about donating. We all are suffering right now! Check back in another 2 weeks. Hopefully, there will be a more substantial update. Yesterday, 4:16 PM

Me: I will check back. Thanks again for all!

WBF: <HEART>

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I am so thankful that The WBF is caring for this sweet-looking creature and I hope I will hear good news on this pigeon's status. For your information both The WBF...

... and pigeons are included in my book series, Words In Our Beak.

MY BOOK SERIES

Please, dear reader, hold good thoughts for this rescued pigeon's demise and stay tuned for his progress.

Thursday's Testimony: There are times when care taking is for the birds.

A CARETAKER

It's no secret that there is a lot (understatement) of negative content both on Twitter as well as Facebook. 

Moreover, there is a lot of negative content about pigeons. But every now and then (if not more than now and then) a heart-warming "story" is shared. 

Here is one of them:

As you can see from the image directly above an eldery man is in a hospital laying on his side in a bed and a pigeon is sitting on his blanket. Supposedly “the nurse who took this photo said the following: ‘This elderly patient was admitted to the hospital three days ago and during those three days no family members came to visit or take care of him. The nurse who took this photo said that a pigeon came two days ago and stayed in his bed for a long time ..’. Later it was learned that he always fed the pigeon when he was sitting on the bench in the park near the hospital …”

Not sure if any of this story is true, but I do know from my experience in assiting with rescuing a pigeon in my rooftop garden, as well as with my observing other pigeons who visit my place, they are very smart. 

After all pigeons truly helped out during war time.

As readers of this blog may know, pigeons are featured in my three volume hardcover series, Words In Our Beak.

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Monday's Memo: Read my new Article!

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ MY ARTICLE ABOUT RIVERSIDE DRIVE

Last evening Mike Miskin published another one of my articles (A New York State of Mind on Riverside Drive) in his on-line newsletter which focuses mainly on the UWS, and rightly so, after all, his daily publication is titled iLovetheUpperWestside. You may also click here to read my piece. Thanks!

ADDENDUM (November 6th 2019): Received an email from Mike Mishkin, the publisher of iLovetheUppperWestside.com, saying, "check this out ... :)"

He's referring to the fact that Riverside Park Conservatory tweeted praise for my recent article about Riverside Drive. Here's the link to their tweet (seen in the screenshot below):

Saturday's Sequel (to my 5-20-2019 post)

IMAGE CREDIT

This past May I posted some news re a new beach coming to NYC and in my entry I mentioned a tweeter was hopeful that when this happens, Manhattan will be blessed with visits from a shorebird variety known as the American Oystercatcher.

I've been blessed to have encountered several American Oystercatchers when visiting Long Beach on New York's Long Island.

People are noticing a Great Blue Heron in CP

The screen shot atop this entry is of a tweet re the appearance of a Great Blue Heron who was seen in Central Park. It was in my Twitter feed yesterday. Not being a fan of using the word "hot" to describe a bird (or anything else for that matter unless it is weather or the temperature of food), I responded.

My FAA Tote Bags

MY MANDARIN DUCK TOTES ARE ON FAA

Someone bought one of my tote bags from FAA (Fine Art America) that feature an image of the now famous Mandarin duck swimming in The Pond located in Central Park. She got it as a gift for her son and emailed me a photo of him "carrying" it. The picture she sent me is featured atop this entry (with her permission).

Moreover, she followed up with a lovely email stating, "The pouch with your photography really is absolutely beautiful. Great quality material and photo.  They absolutely make spectacular gifts.  My son loves his and we have it hanging on our kitchen chair to see every day..."

Thursday's Tirade Re Interfering with Feathers

MALE CARDINALS ARE FEATURED IN MY BOOKS

The photograph of a Northern cardinal that is atop this entry is one I took when I was in Central Park this past February and the image came to my mind when I read some disturbing news re a study done on male Northern cardinals by a researcher (L. LaReesa Wolfenbarger) associated with Cornell University.

#MondayMotivation?

It's Monday; and so, anyone who follows Twitter, knows this means the topic #MondayMotivation is trending, but this is not just any Monday, it's the first Monday of a New Year and motivation might be a bit higher.

The image atop this entry is from a Peanuts' tweet on the subject of #MondayMotivation that I saw quite some time ago. When I saw it, my initial thought was what does this particular cartoon have to do with motivation?

This cartoon appears to be more about perseverance (which Charlie Brown seems to do on a number of occasions) than motivation.

Perhaps I see CB's drive to "kick it clear to the moon," as perseverance since I'm one who perseveres, as evidenced by the information re my fundraiser on Facebook.

By the way, for those who don't do FB but would like to contribute, please refer to the lefthand side bar of this blog. The information is posted below the Donate Button (which is the eighth item in that sidebar's list) and thanks.

It's Independent Bookstore Day!

Collage by Chris Deatherage, formatter of the book series and creator of my website.

I received a notification from Ingram, who is the publisher of my Words In Our Beak book series, that I worked on with Cam (the cardinal featured in the image atop this entry) in my Twitter feed that today is Independent Bookstore Day.

She and I encourage you to shop at your local indie book shop in honor of this day and to ask them to order a copy of volume one and/or volume two of our book series.

All you need to give anyone working at the store of your choice is my name, Patricia Youngquist, or the titles, Words In Our Beak Volume One and/or Words In Our Beak Volume Two.

ADDENDUM FALL 2018: 

Hardcover versions of Volume One, Two and Three can be found wherever books are sold.

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Please click here to go to my blog post that provides details as to where you can get these books. Additionally, I have rendered some images from these books into other formats and they are available via Fine Art America (FAA). Some of my other photographs (Black & White Collection, Kaleidoscopic Images and the famous Mandarin duck who visited NYC) can also be found on my FAA pages.

#WorldBookDay

It's March 1st and I want to remind readers of this blog that rather the month comes in quietly like a lamb, or comes raging in like a lion, today is also #NationalPigDay. I've discussed the origins of this holiday in prior entries here on Blogger.

On another note, something else is also occurring on this day, and that is the fact that today is #WorldBookDay and info about this event is trending on Twitter. It is a nice change between the usual ranting and raving (in tweets) re topics related to politics as well as celebrities.

Squirrel Appreciation Day 2018

The squirrel featured in the photograph atop this entry is one I encountered in Central Park the other day when I was on a mission to catch another glimpse of a Great Blue Heron.

This squirrel seemed to be giving me a special look, as I took his/her picture; perhaps it's because he/she knew I would be writing about the holiday known as Squirrel Appreciation Day, which is today, January the twenty-first.

THE COST OF HYPENS in 1928 + 2017

My appreciation for the writings of E.B. White is no secret to anyone who reads this blog. The essay posted atop this entry is one of my favorites. It was published eighty-nine years ago today; and times they sure are a changing, for today if "a writer at work" inserted "a little mark," it would not cost him half a dollar, but it might cost him his tweet if the hyphen made it too many characters.

March 2nd 2017

One hundred and thirteen years ago today, the author/illustrator, Dr. Seuss was born on this day of March the second. I have appreciated many of his writings as well as his illustrations, and I have written about his work here on Blogger, as well as on Facebook, and tumblr. Last year in honor of Dr. Seuss's birthday, I posted the same clip that is atop today's entry. Within last year's blog post, I also included some cool facts re how Seuss came to the use of rhyme within his works, as well as how he got his first book, And To Think It Saw it On Mulberry Street published. If you'd like to refer to that particular entry, please click here.

According to Holiday Insights (HI), other well known persons born on March 2nd include: Joel Roberts Poinsett (b 1779). (He wa)s an American Ambassador to Mexico brought Poinsettias to America; Desi Arnaz (b 1917). (He was most known as) "Ricky Ricardo" on "I Love Lucy;" Mikhail Gorbachev, (b 1931). (He was the) leader of USSR."  HI points out that Karen Carpenter, the singer, was also born on this day in 1950.

A Sparrow Makes An Early Prediction!

Groundhog Day is not until  2-2-2016, but, I know someone & I'm not naming names who's tweeting about a prediction he made upon seeing his shadow (in my urban — NYC —  garden)!

NEWS re; #LookTheOtherWayWhen

Seen and heard in a tweet by yours truly: "Someone — & I'm not naming names — won't #LookTheOtherWayWhen they see another near "their" bird feeder!"

Dagwood Bumstead goes the tech route!

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Dagwood Bumstead, the "protagonist" of this comic strip, Blondie (which has appeared in newspapers since 1930) is continually evolving with the changing times and trends. Dagwood has always been open-minded. After all, Dagwood married Blondie when she was a "flapper-girl" which caused him to be disinherited from his upper-crust family, and as a result, he continues to work for a salary he finds to be insufficient at J.C. Dithers Construction Company. While Dagwood still has his long-established routine of long baths and midnight snacks, he is not set in his ways. Dagwood's personal telephone has been upgraded from "a candlestick style to a modern dial phone, to a touch-tone variety, and he currently uses a cell phone — something I've yet to do!