Born under
a lucky star I'd say! This gorgeous juvenile was flat on the rocks of the
Berkeley breakwall - alarm bells! Obviously something wrong.
Out with
the kayak and Leonie on the paddle. As the young pelican tried to get away it
appeared she had a broken leg and couldn't launch off the water. A couple of
very nice young men on a jet ski came to help Leonie and managed to get a net
over her - thanks fellas!
But as I
said very lucky - 3 trips to the vet which she appeared to enjoy immensely,
sticky beaking out the window and sitting on Oliver's lap for over an hour while
I was in with Number 809 being operated on. Quite an adventure for a young bird
but she didn't think the x-rays were much fun.
Result -
ligament damage - hooray! No break. Back into care for a couple of days then
released; last seen flapping around getting the human smell off her.
Thanks
Leonie for your help - thanks also to Oliver for all the help transporting
these birds back and forward to the vet and release.
Betty
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| Oliver holding "Cheeky Baby" - pelican number 810. |
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