Wednesday 28 December 2011

A Cape Petrel fell out of the sky on to the deck of a ship!


Earlier in the month, a rainy cool "summer" day certainly turned out to be interesting! Firstly a call from the Port about a bird that had hitched a ride on a cargo ship sailing from Melbourne to Wollongong. Apparently they ran into a big storm out at sea and a bird "fell out of the sky" onto the deck of the ship. Luckily it was spotted by the crew and put into a warm box until they docked in Wollongong. It turned out to be a Cape Petrel and was placed in care very tired and  underweight. It's held in this picture by Australian Seabird Rescue volunteer Jessica.


Jessica holding the Cape Petrel which fell out of the sky on to the deck of a ship.


Cape Petrel
We had just about got home when another call came in about a diesel spill back where we had just come from, and reports of a distressed cormorant covered in diesel in the wetlands. So a big U-turn and off we went. On arrival all the relevant chemical hazard vehicles were there with flashing lights etc.
The cormorant was in the channel of the wetlands by now and the only access was through the bush and lantana with calf deep water into the reeds. The continuous rain didn't help but after an hour of firstly locating and then working out how to get him, the bird was caught drenched in diesel. He wouldn't have lasted the night. A big thank you to Jessica who got a lot of scratches from the lantana and ruined a pair of shoes! Thanks also to the other people who helped us with the cormorant.
Betty

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