| Re: Absolutely surreal
Hi Tragus
There is no chance that i will be passing that way again unless the bird is there still after January 1st as I live about 30 miles away from it.
The bird hadn't come straight out of the water otherwise I would have noticed it as I was walking towards it. I could see nothing wrong with the bird. It watched me continually whilst I was with it and looked very alert (as you can see by the photos). It did stay in one place (which was amongst the Mallards until I came too close to them).
I have enough photos of all parts of the bird (including the legs) and there doesn't seem to be any injuries (plus there is no fishing line attached at all). Don't forget I got as close as 6 inches from the bird and couldn't see anything wrong with it (other than it showed no fear).
If it had been injured in any way it would have still showed fear one way or another. Even if it was injured enough so it couldn't move you would have noticed a difference in body language
The bird has been there for possibly more than a week now and enough people have reported it that if there was anything bodily wrong with the bird it would have been noticed.
I honestly think that this bird is perfectly ok health wise. It just seems over friendly, hence my thoughts that it is possibly an escapee. |