WWF Mai Po

WWF and KFBG Release a Recovered Black-faced Spoonbill back to Nature (28 Feb 2008)

After seven weeks of special care and treatment by Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) and WWF, a Black-faced Spoonbill, recovered from injures caused by an ingested fish hook and fishing line, is ready to go back to the wild and join its flock today at the Mai Po Nature Reserve.

WWF staff discovered the weak and undernourished Spoonbill inside a fish pond at the Mai Po Nature Reserve on 10th January 2008. It was entangled in fishing line suffering slight injury to the right wing and had swallowed a fish hook. It was then taken to the Wild Animal Rescue Centre of KFBG for treatment.

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The Spoonbill is colour leg flagged with the HK code A39

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世界自然基金會及嘉道理農場暨植物園讓康復黑臉琵鷺放歸自然
   
一隻黑臉琵鷺早前因誤吞魚鉤及魚線而受傷，經由嘉道理農場暨植物園七周的治療及悉心照料後，受傷黑臉琵鷺現已完全康復並正準備於米埔自然保護區放歸自然重返鳥群。


29/2/08 明報 Mingpao
魚鈎穿胃 黑臉琵鷺手術後康復
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【明報專訊】全港數量不足400隻的黑臉琵鷺，性命受到魚鈎威脅！后海灣漁民為趕走雀鳥 ，懷疑刻意放魚鈎、魚線，令不少雀鳥成「鈎下亡魂」。年初，一隻黑臉琵鷺吞下魚鈎，勾穿胃部，幸被及時發現，急救後大難不死，昨日重返大自然，成為首隻於同類情况存活的黑臉琵鷺。

ajohn

Well done to Bena and Katherine at WWF Mai Po For finding and catching the bird, and to Amanda and Alex at KFBG for successfully returning it to full health.

It was great to see this bird return to the spoonbill flock, where it seemed very relaxed and even joined in some mutual preening with the other birds.

In addition to the numbered ring (A39) on the right leg, this bird has three coloured rings (white-red-green) on the left leg. Hopefully there will be resightings of the bird in future which will allow us to follow it's progress. Please remember to report any colour-ringed spoonbills seen.