Injured Bird

I took my Sigma 180mm macro out today and instead of getting off any shots i ended up finding this bird with its leg wrapped in fishing line, and looking a little worse for wear.

There was a ranger working in the park and i reported it to him, and we spent the next hour trying to catch it before it got dark. Unsucessfully i might add




Any fishermen out there please don't leave your old fishing line lying around, take it with you and dispose of it accordingly. thankyou

Poor thing. Looks like an Aussie version of a Moorhen. Most water-birds seem to fair quite well with only one foot. Which is just as well as you do tend to see a lot of them caused by fishing line damage.

Its a shame they have too suffer in such a way.
Good news though, I went back down there today and the local parks and wildlife service was there and captured the bird. The guy thinks it will lose its foot
BTW its a Dusky Moorhen