Photo 1179921, (c) Jon Sullivan, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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What

Mainland Spotted Shag (Phalacrocorax punctatus ssp. punctatus)

Observer

jon_sullivan

Date

January 10, 2003 12:21 PM NZDT

Description

A juvenile spotted shag that was blown off course in a storm and ended up on the road outside my parents' house in North Beach. We herded it into a corner, scooped it up in a towel, and took it to the Avon-Heathcote estuary. Here is a brief pose before it lept into the water and swam away.

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