It was just after 7:30 am on a day when i had to leave home for work in half an hour & of course i was already running short on time, when this message came in twice over.
My brother is just launching his boat and phoned me to say there is a heron right beside the boat ramp at shingle spit that looks like it wing is broken. He said it looks in really bad shape.
Yikes, now what.
This is down next to the ferry terminal.
So i called Aaron & he was game to go!
He came over & got two sizes of kennels, & off he went..
With a Heron with a broken wing, Maj told me we are better off putting them in a smaller kennel so that they don*t flap around & hurt themselves further.
He said the capture was fairly easy.
The Heron tried to run, but got caught in a rock & pretty much gave up.
Aaron had them on the 8 ferry & off to town to meet MARS.
At ten he called & the Heron had already been euthanized.
The wing was broken & twisted around facing forward.