Day: February 23, 2013

Jeremy writes of being sceptical. I would think fishing line/rubbish explanation is likely. I take Mike’s comment to refer to describing that other causes also exist. About the clams, I wonder how quick they can shut, is the damage done rapidly by injury on the immediate closing or is it by staying on the foot … Read more

I saw the footless Pied Oystercatcher on a sandbank in Merimbula Lake yesterday. Feeding on the mudflats nearby were two Eastern Curlews; one of which was limping badly and was making very heavy work of its foraging. When it flew to another spot I could see that its injured foot remained splayed and was not … Read more