I've noticed a Muscovy duck on a small dirt mound in a creek in an inner city park. Cars whiz by and many people walk their dogs there. He’s in a very vulnerable spot.
He did have a mate, who is no longer there. Someone told me that a dog probably picked him off. He doesn’t seem to be able to fly, because when someone comes near he just huddles---he doesn’t attempt to fly or swim away.
I only found out yesterday that he was a domestic duck that someone just dumped in the creek. So since yesterday I’ve been throwing him bread crumbs and cracked corn, which he eats voraciously.
I would take him myself, but I don’t have a fenced yard. I could put him in my garage temporarily if you think that that would be the best thing for him.
Philadelphia is expecting a huge snowstorm tomorrow night, so I am especially worried. Do you know of somewhere that I could take him? The local wildlife rehabs won’t take him because he’s considered domestic, not wild.
2007-02-12
01:58:59
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