Bird groups rally to save woodpecker found hung from tree in Heron Road area

Bird safety activists in the capital are mobilizing to try to figure out how to treat a northern flicker-type woodpecker found hanging by its neck in the Heron/Alta Vista area late Tuesday.
“We’ve reached out to our online contacts for assistance,” said Safe Wings Ottawa spokeswoman Anouk Hoedeman.
“I just got an email from a contact from someone with instructions on how to build a small neck brace.”
A citizen found the bird — which is about 10 inches long and