Re: SIPO - leg injuries

There is a Sooty Oystercatcher  with
a missing leg that  frequents the sandspit at the end of Pt Edwards,
St Leonards in Swan Bay (Port Philip Bay Victoria).

This is the only Sooty Oystercatcher
that i have seen around Port Philip Bay, though they are reported to be
at Mud Island. Its appearance at the sandspit may be a result of its injury
due to more suitable feeding condition for its condition??? 

The bird is heavily colour banded on
its remaining leg, so i dont think that banding is responsible for its
injury.

Cheers, 

Peter