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.

Tuesday 18 March 2014

BIRD RESCUE: Hitchhiker albatross returns to sea



By TED SHORACK
The Daily Astorian | 0 comments


Applause and cheers went all around Saturday morning when a rehabilitated albatross hopped off the bow of the new pilot boat, Astoria, and soared above the Pacific Ocean once again.
Nine people were aboard the newly christened boat and watched the female Laysan albatross timidly test the wind with its wings before finally deciding to take flight.

The albatross was discovered in late February on a barge that landed in Rainier, having hitched a ride somewhere between Hawaii and the upriver port. The Wildlife Center of the North Coast was called and discovered the albatross had a band on its right leg that indicated it originated from Guadalupe Island off the coast of Baja California, Mexico.

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