January 9th

The Hedgehogs had eaten very well and one was still out at 6.50 a.m. Going to, and returning from the Agrotikí Stégi in Kallonís where we had to buy food, we saw in the drainage-canal surrounding the Salines indeed dozens of Great- and Little Egrets being busy with foraging. Today “Máska” was evidently in a better mood, because we could inspect the amputation-injury without being scratched-open: there is a nice, dry scab-forming !! Again we could remove some dead tissue from the wing of the Pale Barn Owl (09-216; December 5th ’09). We received 3 Norwegian female visitors, living in Polichnítos. At 12/05 p.m. Douglas & Janice were in our court-yard with in their hands a kitten in quite a bad condition: discovered next to a dust-bin with children around who were “messing” with her. Taking-over her from Janice’s hands the little one bit herself fastened in the left forefinger of one of us, to extend this to the right thumb and forefinger of Joren, who wanted to help . . . . !! With lots of trouble and even more pain we could free ourselves and tried to diagnose her: in any case she was run over by a car or trampled by cows (was smelling of cow-manure), had a urine-bladder-bleeding and a paralyzed abdomen. So see further at KITTEN. Late in the evening the Police came at our door about the problems with our Serbian neighbor (with horses and dogs in the deserted houslet): we now really must remove our stock of sand and pebbles (for the bottoms of several cages and aviaries) from the public street . . . . !! Where we’re going to store it ??