As regular CFZ-watchers will know, for some time Corinna has been doing a column for Animals & Men and a regular segment on On The Track... particularly about out-of-place birds and rare vagrants. There seem to be more and more bird stories from all over the world hitting the news these days so, to make room for them all - and to give them all equal and worthy coverage - she has set up this new blog to cover all things feathery and Fortean.

Saturday 8 February 2014

Swamp hen used for target practice

By BY EMILY BARTONFeb. 6, 2014, 5 p.m.

In a despicable act of cruelty, a swamp hen has seemingly been used for target practice and was found this week with an arrow sticking through its body.

The hen, found in the water gardens next to the Old Courthouse Museum in Batemans Bay, could not be caught by WIRES on Wednesday to receive veterinary care.

Museum volunteer Terry McDonough was alerted to the injured bird by concerned visitors about 10.30am. 

“A couple came in to the museum and told me there was a bird in the water garden with an arrow through it,” Mrs McDonough said. 

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