SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2016
Florence racer makes top-10 list for Northwest
Florence sand drag racer
Gary “Gee” Armstrong made
the list in the “Heads-Up”
Northwest’s Top Ten Best
race held at Albany Sand
Drags in Albany, Ore., on
May 6.
Armstrong raced some
high-powered competition
from around the Pacific
Northwest in the Single
Cylinder Class.
“I was a little surprised my
500cc-something Yamaha
YFZ racer and I made eighth
on the list since we were
mostly battling competitors
with motors in the 600cc to
900cc range,” Armstrong
said after the race. “But our
new Redline Racing and
RacersEdge motor and chas-
sis setup this season have
been laying down some very
quick elapsed times on the
track, and quite a few of my
reaction times at the launch
lights were low hundredths of
a second.”
Armstrong’s local spon-
sors
include
Florence
Yamaha and Polaris, Jack
Smoot Welding and Red
Artworks, Inc.
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Gary “Gee” Armstrong competes in the Albany Sand Drags in Albany May 6.
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Leave young wildlife alone, says ODFW
SALEM — May and June
are the months when newborn
animals are getting their start
in the wild. Help them out by
giving them space and leaving
them alone.
ODFW and Oregon State
Police remind Oregonians that
taking young animals out of
the wild isn’t just against the
law — it’s also bad for the ani-
mal. These animals miss the
chance to learn important sur-
vival skills from their parents
like where to feed, what to eat,
how to behave as part of a
group and how to escape from
predators.
Unfortunately, every year
about this time, ODFW offices
across Oregon get calls from
people
concerned
about
“orphaned” deer fawns, elk
calves, seal pups and other ani-
mals they find alone. But the
mother animal is usually just
off feeding not far away.
She will return soon, so
don’t interfere.
“People often pick up ani-
mals they find alone out of
good intentions, without realiz-
ing they may be sentencing the
animal to an early death by
removing it from its natural
environment and its parents,”
said Julia Burco, ODFW dis-
trict wildlife veterinarian.
“Never assume a young ani-
mal is orphaned unless you
saw its parent killed,” contin-
ued Burco. “In almost all
cases, the parent will return
once it is safe to do so, like
when people and dogs aren’t
around.”
If an animal is injured, or
truly orphaned, it needs special
care.
Oregon’s
licensed
wildlife rehabilitators have the
knowledge and facilities to
provide this care. They use
special methods that limit
human interaction and mimic
the animal’s natural lifestyle as
much as possible, so the ani-
mal can eventually be returned
to the wild.
Before picking up any wild
animal, call ODFW, Oregon
State Police, or a wildlife reha-
bilitator for advice. Removing
or “capturing” an animal from
the wild and keeping it in cap-
tivity without a permit is
against state law (OAR 635-
044-0015), as is transporting
many animals.
Last year, seven people were
cited for doing so (No wildlife
holding
permit/Take-hold
young game mammal).
Follow these tips if you
encounter young animals in the
wild:
Deer, elk and other mam-
mals:
Never assume an animal is
orphaned. Don’t move it from
the forest, or from your back-
yard. Female deer and elk and
other mammals will often
leave their young temporarily
for safety reasons or to feed
elsewhere. They will return
when it is safe to do so (when
people, dogs, or predators are
not present).
Call your local ODFW
office, Oregon State Police
office or a local licensed
wildlife rehabilitation center
when:
1) you see an animal that
you know is orphaned because
you observed the dead parent
animal, or
2) the parent hasn’t returned
for several hours or even up to
a day, or
3) if the animal is clearly
inured or in distress.
Bunnies
are
rarely
orphaned; mother rabbits only
visit den sites at dusk and dawn
to feed her young.
Keep your dog or cat away
from young wildlife, especially
in the spring.
If you see a seal pup,
young sea lion, or other marine
mammal that appears stranded
or in distress, contact OSP’s
hotline at 1-800-452-7888.
Birds and turtles:
Leave fledgling birds
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alone. It is natural for fledgling
(mostly feathered) birds to be
awkward while learning how
to fly. If you see one on the
ground, leave it alone and keep
your distance.
Bring your pets under con-
trol and indoors if possible.
The mother bird will feed it for
several days on the ground
until it “gets its wings.”
Return nestling birds to the
nest. Nestlings (baby birds not
fully feathered) found on the
ground can be gently and
quickly returned to the nest. If
the nest is out of reach, place
the bird on an elevated branch
or fence, or in a nest made
from a small box, out of the
reach of children and pets.
Leave the area so the parent
birds can return.
Bring your pets indoors.
Cats are a major cause of
injury and death for all birds,
killing millions of birds in the
U.S. annually. Keep your pets
away from fledgling birds
learning to fly.
Be careful when pruning
trees as there may be a bird
nest in the branch. Wait until
birds are out of the nest.
Beware of cavity nesters.
Barn owls and other birds
could be nesting in hollowed-
out trees or logs and in
haystacks.
What if a bird flies into a
window and appears hurt?
Birds can be confused by
reflective surfaces and mistak-
enly fly into windows. If you
find a bird that has been
stunned as a result of a window
strike, put the bird in an uncov-
ered box with a towel on the
bottom.
Keep it in a quiet place away
outside, away from pets, and
check back in a couple of
hours. If the bird has recov-
ered, it will have flown off.
If not, contact a local
ODFW office or your local
wildlife rehabilitator.
Let turtles cross the road.
In May and June, females
begin searching for suitable
nesting grounds to lay their
eggs. If you see a turtle on the
ground, the best thing to do is
leave it alone and let it contin-
ue on its path.
It’s fine to move it off a road
(if it is safe for you to do so),
but put it on the other side,
where it was headed.
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