How unfortunate that this bird was found at the time of the international Black-faced spoonbill census.
I understand that the bird has had an operation at KFBG this morning to remove the fish hook. Let's hope the injuries are not too severe and the bird will eventually make a full recovery.
Coincidentally, I found a (dead) Great Egret near San Tin this morning, hanging from a fish hook in its throat.
It's terrible that this cruel practice of setting hooks around fishponds still continues in Hong Kong.
