January 27th

All patients were still alive at 4.45 a.m. We could remove some dead tissue from the legs of the Yellow-legged Gull. Both legs are treated now with Dermisol-cream and the “good” leg is receiving physiotherapies as well. He/she is trying more and more to stand. The tied-up part on the back of the Collared Dove is drying perfectly: the skin can be moved, so there was no penetration in the lower tissues. The Lapwing has removed on own force the last part of the haemostatic cotton wool which still was present and the injury is healing well. More and more dead tissue is coming free from the wing of the Buzzard. At 11.28 a.m. a phone-call from the new Animal-lovers Society “Kivotós” that they are sending with the 1.15 p.m.-coach a “Geráki” (bird-of-prey). At 12.35 p.m. Medie phoned from Kallonís that on a ridge on the school over there was sitting a (probably) young Pigeon, which was unable to fly > we will be called hereabout later. At 12.45 p.m. a phone-call that they had the bird > we both went in each others direction and about half-way we had the bird at 12.55 p.m. in our possession > see further (indeed at young) PIGEON. The “geráki” we had at 2.06 in our hands > see further at BUZZARD (red-). Showed to be shot. Because it had thawed today, we could remove the ice from the water-bowls in the aviaries: showed to be at that moment still 2,5 cm thick !!