For those who are interested, there is a SGP at Lorne. It’s being fed fish around the pier. Wildlife carers are on there way and talking to Parks about taking it into care. At present, it doesn’t appear the bird is distressed. It’s taking food but it’s wary of people.
Regards,
Simo.
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Good morning,
I have observed the bird on two occasions, yesterday 30th June and earlier on the 26th. The bird appears in excellent condition and not distressed in any way. I agree with Sean’s comments and see no reason to take the bird into care.
Regards,
Paul
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Hi Simon,
This bird has been there since at least Saturday 18 June when I reported it on Victorian Birdline. It seemed in perfect health back then and I saw it fly in to the pier just after first light on the morning of the 19th. It seemed perfectly free-moving then. Unless something has changed since then, I would see no reason to take this bird into care- to me it was doing what giant petrels do well, finding an easy source of food and exploiting it. I think the biggest danger to the bird would be if a fisherman got aggro because the bird took his fish as he reeled it in!
Do you know the appropriate people- wildlife carers or Parks Vic- that you could pass the message on to or that I could get in touch with to offer the opinion that unless the health of the bird has changed, it would be far more distressing for it to be taken into care than it would to leave it in what seemed to be me, a perfectly happy state of affairs.
And for any photographers who don’t wish to have to go to sea to get good shots of this normally pelagic species, better get down to Lorne before it gets taken in!
Cheers, Sean