PEARL

PEARL - Pardon the ‘pun’ but this lucky girl is from Oyster Bay in Sydney.

Pearl - the pelican rescued from Oyster Bay in Sydney.

 

Thanks to Renee, a resident with a waterfront property who spotted ‘Pearl’ in trouble and made the phone call.  So Australian Seabird Rescue team member Leonie and I (Betty) headed up the mountain at 6:30pm. There she was in the mangroves making it very hard to get her without heading for deeper water which of course is what her instinct told her to do! It was now 7:30pm and luck was really on her side as there was a couple out fishing in their boat and we called them for help.

A great big thank you to ‘Gas’ and his friend from Como who helped us pick her up and didn’t complain about the mud in his boat! He did comment though that he was lucky he went out with one bird and ended up with three, ha ha!

I hope he caught his fish when we left! So in a couple of days she will be released and be able to wash the mud off herself. Thanks again Renee for ringing - ‘Gas’ for helping us and Leonie for missing her dinner!

Footnote: Great news! Word from Lindsay of S.O.S.S.A, the rare Westland Petrel that was picked up on Christmas Day and cared for my Lindsay then transported to Taronga Zoo Hospital by out Co-Ordinator Kirsten, is due to be released in the coming week - so just over three weeks in the expert care of the hospital she will be on her merry way.

The Hospital staff is of the opinion she is about 8yrs old and minor feather damage would be from going in and out of a burrow tending to her young. A great result from the effort of rescue teams working together.

Betty