Date: 5/14/26 2:36 pm From: Peter Pyle via groups.io <ppyle...> Subject: Re: [Mendobirds] Fishing line on Merganser - Gualala
Hopefully the fisherman was using non-stainless-steel hooks (as may be
required?). If so, the hook can dissolve and fall out rather quickly in
such cases, and the bird can be fine (I've tracked gulls through this
process). Peter
On 5/14/2026 1:05 PM, Lisa D. Walker, (Feather Forestwalker) via
groups.io wrote:
> On 2026-05-14 12:21 pm, Michael Coustier via groups.io wrote:
>> Not sure if there is anything to be done here to help this merganser
>> with fishing line ?
>> I had taken a few photos of the bird over a minute - the line was
>> omnipresent.
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> Sadly, if the bird can fly, there is little that can be done.
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