Last spring I came upon something very spooky and I have a picture to prove it.
I came across a robin that was hanging by it's neck off of my deck via fishing line. Apparently I had some sloppy anglers at one of my ponds the pervious fall that left some monofilament around. My hunch is the bird was using it as part of its nest (lots of nests under eaves of my log home), and the line got caught in the railing of my deck and around it's neck and the bird got strangled. It was also very windy just prior to finding this bird which may have contributed to the fishing line debacle.
I'm not really supersticious but the the sight of this robin hanging by it's neck off the deck gave me an erie feeling. Maybe I can get the wife to scan the picture and email it to those interested. However I won't post it on the net as I can see folks trying to tell me it was done on purpose. I can assure you it wasn't and there is no one around that would do it either.
This is a good reason not to leave fishing line laying around. It's really hard on wildlife.
