Exotic bird is running aound my neighborhood

[Nanook]

Well, not quite the neighborhood because this is smack dab in the middle of my nearest city...

<span style="font-weight: bold">Superior police nab exotic bird</span>
A railroad crew under the Belknap viaduct spotted the bird around 5:30 p.m. Monday, according to Superior police.

First was the goat captured at the Superior waste treatment plant, and now Sgt. Dan Hawkin of the Superior Police Department reports police have captured what they believe to be a Chinese pheasant.

Hawkin said a railroad crew under the Belknap viaduct spotted the bird around 5:30 p.m. Monday. It was pheasant shaped but with a bright gold head and iridescent blue and red feathers on its back.

Hawkin says a couple of officers corralled the bird with their jackets, and then Officer Mike Bach chased it along a wall until he could grab it by the feet.

“I tell you it was gorgeous when it got a little bit excited and its feathers stood out,” Hawkin said.

Police handed the bird over to the raptor society, where a volunteer said she didn’t think it would have survived the night.

Call Superior police if you think it's your bird.

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I have to say I don't know what I'd think if I was driving along in the dead of winter and saw this running around!




Come to think of it, I've never seen anything quite that colorful running around these parts any time of year.

[kia027]

Re: Exotic bird is running aound my neighborhood

that is a very pretty bird and given where you are (and how cold it is) the bird may not have survived the night..

lucky bird

[Nanook]

Re: Exotic bird is running aound my neighborhood

He is VERY lucky!



A Tibetan golden pheasant captured by Superior police Monday as it wandered in a rail yard has been returned to its rightful owners.

The brightly colored rooster was reunited with Jim and Doreen Timmerman on Tuesday evening by Debbie Waters, education director for Hawk Ridge Observatory in Duluth. The male has a bright golden head with iridescent blue and red feathers on its back.

“The guy said he heard a commotion in the coop and when he opened the door, the rooster flew over his head,’’ Waters said, referring to Jim Timmerman.

The bird almost got away again when the Timmermans went to transfer it from Waters’ cage to their own.

“I think we should name it Houdini,’’ Doreen Timmerman said.

Raising the birds is a hobby, she said. “My husband likes the way they look. … We got them over the Internet from Texas, but they are native to Tibet.’’

Doreen said the birds — they also have two hens — are treated as pets and won’t end up under glass on the dinner table. Some people expressed concern about the pheasant’s fate after the last well-

publicized animal rescued in Superior was a goat intended for the owner’s holiday dinner.

Waters said she got the call to pick up the bird from Superior police as she was preparing a dinner of — you guessed it — pheasant.

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[missus_vegas]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Nanook</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

Doreen said the birds — they also have two hens — are treated as pets and won’t end up under glass on the dinner table. Some people expressed concern about the pheasant’s fate after the last well-

publicized animal rescued in Superior was a goat intended for the owner’s holiday dinner.



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poor goat was running fi dear life

[Nanook]

Re: Exotic bird is running aound my neighborhood

Vegas, you doan know...lol. I had this posted in the holics runnin mout thread and was able to find it!

OK, here is a funny story from my local daily. It's register to read so I gotta post the whole thing. What happened is this goat was found roaming around town and it took some doing to capture it. It made the local news as a special interest story. Well here is the newest update:

Superior's runaway goat gets sympathy but no pardon
A Wisconsin-Superior instructor, a native of Nigeria, has recovered the goat planned as the centerpiece of his Christmas dinner.

By: Brandon Stahl, Duluth News Tribune



The wayward goat that captured public attention in Superior before being captured himself is invited to Christmas dinner, but not as a guest.

Olawale Famule’s choice to make the goat a culinary treat, as it is in his home country of Nigeria, has created a small stir in the community.

“That poor goat made a clean getaway and then we turn around and give it back to the very person it was running away from,” said Superior resident Annie Kilpela, who said she called the Douglas County Humane Society on Wednesday to appeal on the goat’s behalf.

Famule, who has taught art and art history for the past four years at the University of Wisconsin Superior, bought the goat for $50 over the weekend after finding it for sale on Craigslist. He said he ate goat with other native Africans while studying in Arizona, and was looking forward to inviting friends over for a similar feast for the first time on Christmas.

“In Nigeria, goat is a luxury,” he said.

But that almost didn’t happen. The day after bringing it home and tying it to a secured table in his garage, Famule said the goat pulled the table leg away and got loose. It wasn’t until Famule watched the news the next day that he saw what happened to his goat: It had been captured by Superior Animal Control and employees at Dan’s Feed Bin, who named the animal “Gertrude.”

Since then, some community members in Superior saw news accounts of Famule’s plans for the goat and were unhappy with that outcome.

Kilpela notes that while it’s common to eat goats in other countries, it isn’t in the U.S., comparing it to the taboo of eating cats or dogs.

“In our country, I have not seen people kill and eat goats. … If he wants to eat a goat, he should have it shipped from a specialty catalog,” she said.

Erica Zielinski, who works at the Superior Waste Water Treatment Plant where the goat was eventually captured, said she sees nothing wrong with Famule wanting to eat the goat, but wishes the animal had a different fate.

“It’s just heart-wrenching … that the poor guy got away, and he got sent right back to his death,” she said. “Seeing how happy the owner was to get him back, though, makes you think that his heritage means a great deal to him, and no one has the right to look down on him for that.”

Employees at the Douglas County Humane Society said they got numerous calls from people concerned about the goat, but they weren’t sure what could be done about it.

Eating goat for the holidays in other countries is no different than Americans having a chicken or turkey for Christmas, said Chip Beal, the UWS diversity coordinator.

“It’s probably healthier than what you can buy at the grocery store,” Beal said.

Famule said the goat is now at a Twin Cities meat processor.

Legally, there’s nothing that can be done to stop that, city of Superior Attorney Frog Prell said.

“If the animal is processed consistent with legal rules and regulations, that would be within [Famule’s] rights,” he said.

But Prell said Famule probably violated two ordinances: allowing an animal to roam free in the city, and keeping a goat in city limits.

Famule said he didn’t know about the laws and has heard no complaints about his plans to share the goat with 10 to 12 people at his home.

“It’s just like having a having a Christmas turkey,” he said.

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