Thursday, June 15, 2006

Claim Check

Work is going great. Newly hired Electrical Engineer, CC, starts the last week of this month. He’s in his mid 50’s, personable, great sense of humor, and very very smart. Capt. Ralph and I are salivating with anticipation.

The Canes lost last night to Edmonton. Believe it or not – that’s OK. It was a great game. The Stanley Cup is the hardest sports crown to win. Saturday, game 6, in Canada.

The juvenile goldfinch has an injured left foot. After an inquiry (plus seed and small cage purchase) at PetSmart, we learned that wild animals are rescued and rehabilitated by Piedmont Wildlife Center.

Located in Durham, PWC is a non profit organization that helps the helpless.

JN delivered the goldfinch.

They accepted the 3 pound bag of bird seed (for small birds) that we had purchased but returned the cage. Looked at the goldfinch, took her back to the animal hospital and told JN that she’d be fixed and well taken care of. They told JN that they had received a large number of small wild animals that had been hurt in the severe thunderstorms last weekend.

JN said there were a lot of birds there and a lot of chirping and noise at the PWC. JN also said that she (goldfinch) was really cool on the drive up to PWC. No fretting or anything. He said that she spent the drive eating seed and drinking water and seemed oblivious to the fact she was being driven in a SUV. She was simply cool in her cage.

PWC had JN fill out medical paperwork. When she was found, behavior, eating, water, symptoms, habits, etc. JN said he filled out all the paperwork and gave PWC a donation (BTW - NOT required).

We can call to inquire on her progress and visit anytime to check on her.

Among the multitude of birds, how do we identify which is ours?

Simple -

We have a Claim Check.

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