17 November 07
Back in the Thick of It
I went back down to Cordelia today, ostensibly to help out with media work. This didn’t materialize, and I ended up learning a) how to read Packed Cell Volume and plasma and serum counts (from someone who used to faint at the sight of blood, I consider this a major achievement); b) the best way to hold a common murre (and a surf scoter and a western grebe and a ruddy duck) in order for it to be tube fed electrolytes and fluids. (Like a rugby ball is the answer.)
At the end of the afternoon, though, I got a chance to sketch these mixed ruddy ducks and greater scaup. I don’t know when the next bird release will be, but they’re moving them through — and fewer birds are arriving alive…
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