Friday, May 15, 2020

Black Swan Island SOS..



Yesterday while on a walk around Kuljak Island, also known as Black Swan Island, we spotted the female Australasian Darter below out of the water looking agitated. On a rock by the side of the lake the youngster above was in a spot of trouble. If you look closely you will see that it has a piece of fishing wire tightly wrapped around it's beak. What to do! P took a picture with his phone and sent it immediately to alert Wildlife Protection who when we spoke to them assured us they would send someone.. I hope they did. If only fishermen would be more careful with their discarded fishing gear.. sadly the human factor often lets the side down! The rest of the walk was a little less stressful :) show you tomorrow. Happy Friday, take care and stay safe..  




21 comments:

  1. Very sad to see this. Hopefully he was taken care of.

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  2. I hope they were able to help the unfortunate bird.

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  3. There tends to be too much waste (not only fishing line) that harms wildlife.

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  4. Let's hope they got out there quickly to help the poor thing.

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  5. I hope they got there in time.

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  6. What an awful thing to encounter. I really hope the bird was attended to.

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  7. Poor creature! Hope it survives!

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  8. How sad this beautiful bird was in distress. Hope the story ended well.

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  9. Poor bird. Hope someone could help out. Great P took take, Grace.

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  10. Oh I feel so sorry for this beautiful bird. I hope they did send somebody and they did see the bird still there and was helped. Thank you for calling on the bird's behalf Grace!

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  11. Oh this looks so sad, good you could report it to someone who hopefully will help the poor bird.

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  12. Oh gosh, I do hope the wildlife people got there with some help.

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  13. There are those who help in our quite heroic about it, let's hope that bird found the help he needed especially in such a populated area it might be more likely 🙏🏼

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  14. Glad you could do you bit to help.

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  15. Oh no, I am sure someone came to help the bird.

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