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Olive at left with her mum, awaiting the male’s return in early October, 2019. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
1/23Olive at left with her mum, awaiting the male’s return in early October, 2019. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
Olive, standing on the railing of the Sundale Bridge pedestrian walkway, nest high above in the background in Southport, Queensland. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
2/23Olive, standing on the railing of the Sundale Bridge pedestrian walkway, nest high above in the background in Southport, Queensland. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
Olive the 9-week-old Osprey was a big hit with the early morning walkers and posed for photos while she sat on the bridge after her first failed flying attempt. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
3/23Olive the 9-week-old Osprey was a big hit with the early morning walkers and posed for photos while she sat on the bridge after her first failed flying attempt. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
After watching her sit on the bridge for three hours, wildlife rescuer Rowley Goonan lifted Olive by the legs and let her take off. Within seconds her parents joined her and they flew off over the Gold Coast broadwater. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
4/23After watching her sit on the bridge for three hours, wildlife rescuer Rowley Goonan lifted Olive by the legs and let her take off. Within seconds her parents joined her and they flew off over the Gold Coast broadwater. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
Olive’s mother ducks as her father heads out fishing. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
5/23Olive’s mother ducks as her father heads out fishing. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
Dave had been walking through The Parklands later that afternoon when he came across Olive on the ground being attacked by many birds. He bundled her up and drove her to a 24 hour vet. Mr Goonan says this saved her life. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
6/23Dave had been walking through The Parklands later that afternoon when he came across Olive on the ground being attacked by many birds. He bundled her up and drove her to a 24 hour vet. Mr Goonan says this saved her life. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
Olive, perched on top of the lighting array, is sent up towards her nest. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
7/23Olive, perched on top of the lighting array, is sent up towards her nest. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
Unfortunately, some pee wees and currawongs attacked the 9-week-old Osprey before she reached her nest, eventually driving her from the array and into the air, before dropping into the ocean. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
8/23Unfortunately, some pee wees and currawongs attacked the 9-week-old Osprey before she reached her nest, eventually driving her from the array and into the air, before dropping into the ocean. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
Wildlife rescuer Rowley Goonan asked to jump on the back of a jet ski to approach the Aquaduck, where a passenger has scooped Olive up out of the water. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
9/23Wildlife rescuer Rowley Goonan asked to jump on the back of a jet ski to approach the Aquaduck, where a passenger has scooped Olive up out of the water. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
This Aqua Duck passenger pulled Olive from the water and handed her to wildlife rescuer Rowley Goonan who was on the back of someone’s jetski. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
10/23This Aqua Duck passenger pulled Olive from the water and handed her to wildlife rescuer Rowley Goonan who was on the back of someone’s jetski. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
Crystal (left) and Amy from Broadwater Parklands management hold a sopping wet Olive the Osprey chick up as she dries. The women organised a cherry to get Olive back up into the nest , 20m above ground. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
11/23Crystal (left) and Amy from Broadwater Parklands management hold a sopping wet Olive the Osprey chick up as she dries. The women organised a cherry to get Olive back up into the nest , 20m above ground. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
Olive the 9-week-old Osprey chick, ready to enter Currumbin Wildlife Hospital for a vet check. Bit of a cutie. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
12/23Olive the 9-week-old Osprey chick, ready to enter Currumbin Wildlife Hospital for a vet check. Bit of a cutie. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
Nurse Rene of the Currumbin Wildlife Hospital gives Olive a cuddle before assisting Dr. Leslie with the examination. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
13/23Nurse Rene of the Currumbin Wildlife Hospital gives Olive a cuddle before assisting Dr. Leslie with the examination. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
Rowley Goonan, 67, preparing to put Olive back into the nest after her vet check. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
14/23Rowley Goonan, 67, preparing to put Olive back into the nest after her vet check. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
Rowley Goonan, 67, places the Osprey chick back into her Southport nest after from the top of a cherry picker. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
15/23Rowley Goonan, 67, places the Osprey chick back into her Southport nest after from the top of a cherry picker. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
Within minutes her mum had returned and was feeding Olive the fish Mr Goonan had left in the nest, the chick’s first meal in nearly two days. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
16/23Within minutes her mum had returned and was feeding Olive the fish Mr Goonan had left in the nest, the chick’s first meal in nearly two days. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
The Osprey family live on a tower in Southport on the Gold Coast. Their second chick was killed a few weeks earlier after becoming entangled in fishing line. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
17/23The Osprey family live on a tower in Southport on the Gold Coast. Their second chick was killed a few weeks earlier after becoming entangled in fishing line. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
Olive, left, looking down at Mr Goonan. Her mother is in the middle and dad at far right. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
18/23Olive, left, looking down at Mr Goonan. Her mother is in the middle and dad at far right. Picture: Rowley Goonan’s Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast.
About eight days after Olive the Osprey’s failed first flight that led to her big adventure, Mr Goonan says she tried again, watched over by her mum. Picture: Rowley Goonan/Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast
19/23About eight days after Olive the Osprey’s failed first flight that led to her big adventure, Mr Goonan says she tried again, watched over by her mum. Picture: Rowley Goonan/Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast
Olive being watched over by her mum as she attempts - and this time succeeds - to go on her second flight. Picture: Rowley Goonan/Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast
20/23Olive being watched over by her mum as she attempts - and this time succeeds - to go on her second flight. Picture: Rowley Goonan/Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast
Olive the Osprey finally successfully flies, eight days after her failed first attempt that saw her land in the ocean and be returned to her nest via cherry picker. Picture: Rowley Goonan/Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast
21/23Olive the Osprey finally successfully flies, eight days after her failed first attempt that saw her land in the ocean and be returned to her nest via cherry picker. Picture: Rowley Goonan/Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast
Olive the Osprey coming into land after completing a flight successfully. Picture: Rowley Goonan/Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast
22/23Olive the Osprey coming into land after completing a flight successfully. Picture: Rowley Goonan/Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast
Perfect landing for Olive the Osprey. Picture: Rowley Goonan/Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast
23/23Perfect landing for Olive the Osprey. Picture: Rowley Goonan/Wild Bird Rescues Gold Coast
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