Sanctuary Pt Rescue

We received a call from Sanctuary Pt today. The fishermen down there had noticed a pelican with a float tangled around his wing, a couple of weeks ago, but we only heard about it today. After the long drive down we found the pelican at the first boatramp we went to. Betty first tried throwing some fish out to see how close he would come but although he was hungry, he was a little shy. So we set the noose up and Kathryn had her first go at using it. The noose is set just above the water line and fish are thrown in front with the idea that the pelican will walk through the noose to get to the fish. Sometimes it goes to plan but other times every other pelican except the one you are trying to catch comes up. Today all went well and the pelican we wanted came straight up. He must've been really hungry. He had no hooks and was easy to untangle, so was soon off feeling a lot more comfortable.