A call came in regarding a dead bird, tragically a Pied
Oyster Catcher, which was on Fairy Meadow Beach, entangled in fishing line,
with a band on its leg.
Australian Seabird Resecue Team members,
Terry and Fran, headed out to collect the bird whilst I checked things out with
our mates at SOSSA. Being an endangered
species it was delivered to Lindsay Smith of SOSSA and he checked his
records. It was a sad result for Lindsay
as he had banded the bird as a chick (approximately 12 days old at the time) in
December 1992 on Flinders Isle off Port
Kembla. Yes, that’s right, 21.5 years
old only to meet its fate due to someone not caring – it is presumed someone
was fishing among the cunjevoi and rocks, the line became snagged and he/she just
cut the line.
What a horrible death for the poor thing as the tide
came in.
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| Oyster Catcher tangled in fishing line |
Please – STOP – THINK – REMOVE AND TAKE HOME ANY
FISHING LINE OR DEBRI. IT REALLY IS VERY
EASY TO BE RESPONSIBLE.
Betty
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