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| Eurasian Spoonbill doing fine after emergency surgery |
On Sunday 27th, Shae Warren, Jonathan Ramsay (both of Walker’s Reserve) and I were involved in a dramatic rescue of the second of the two Eurasian Spoonbills on the island. The bird somehow suffered a severe injury to its right wing and was unable to fly. Thanks to the quick action of the guys from Walker’s Reserve and the staff at Barbados RSPCA the bird was saved. But sadly because of the extensive damage to the wing, it had to be amputated.
The latest reports are that she is doing well after the surgery, feeding, and wading in her new environment. Of course, this bird cannot be returned to the wild. This robbed us, the local birding community, of the eagerly awaited meeting of the two spoonbills.
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