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It is very sad when you find a bird like that. Being a wildlife
carer I get a lot of birds and other wildlife that have been hit by a car. A lot
of times if people can get it to me or call asap, the sooner we get it we get a
lot of birds stabilised. A lot pull through but a lot also die.
There is a shop on the Princes Hwy in a little town called "Mogo"
10kms south of Batemans Bay. This shop has a bird feeder right beside the
Highway. I have picked birds up that have been hit by cars from trying to land
on that feeder. The owners of this shop refuse to move this feeder. They say
they are "Lovers" of wildlife?? We even had the RSPCA go in to talk to them
after they abused me for asking if they would move their bird feeder around the
back of the shop? They abused him as well. These birds swoop down low as they
are coming in for a landing on this feeder.
A lot of times when a bird does get hit by a car, it may also
be weak from sickness or injury that could be a reason why the bird is flying
low.
Marian
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