I don't know if the bugger bred or not but about three years ago one of Greg
Johnston's tagged pelicans turned up in Wonga Wetlands (Albury). I was
teaching wildlife rehabilitators at the time at the Education centre so the
bird was handed over. It had a mild case of Pododermatitis so a couple of
injections and some instructions for care and maintenance and I left it with
the local WIRES branch. It became notorious in Albury/wodonga with
(complete with a picture in the local rag) for its behaviour with another
recalcitrant long-nosed albatross. A year later on my way to Cobar I stopped
off on the Bogan at Nyngan for tea and a twitch only to find pelican 222
cruising the river escorted by that infamous ground nester the Little Black
Shag. One presumes that like most escapees from the retirement village of
Adelaide it was on its way to the smart (or is it sunshine) state as well.
Ciao
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