Albatross found
A young wandering albatross, weak and exhausted, picked the ideal spot when it made for land yesterday—it landed in the wildlife refuge at Whitewash Head, near Sumner. It was seen there about 5 p.m. by Mrs B. R. Meads, of Taylor’s Mistake Road, who notified the wildlife ranger for the area (Mr B. N. Norris). Mr Norris took the bird home and is feeding it raw fish to help it recover its strength. He said the bird was one of this year’s chicks and did not have any limbs broken.
When the bird is fit enough a decision will be made on its release. As the birds cannot take off from the ground, they are usually cast into the air from a height or taken out to sea where they use air currents to take to the air from the top of wave crests.
The birds are usually hatched on the sub-Antarctic islands and spend their life on the oceans far from the sight of land.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32565, 26 March 1971, Page 1
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