Firefighters rescue baby plovers from Gregory Hills drain
Firefighters have rescued baby plovers who were stuck down a two metre drain in Gregory Hills to the relief of their anxious mother.
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Two baby plovers were rescued from a deep drain on a main road in the south western suburb of Gregory Hills by firefighters and given back to their mother, who was hovering close by.
Fire and Rescue NSW Narellen station officer Scott Laugesen said they received a call after 11.40am on Monday, October 7, informing them two young birds were stuck in the drain on Gregory Hills Drive near Gregory Hills Town Centre.
“When we arrived there, the mother plover was there making a lot of noise and we had to move her away so we could rescue her babies,” Mr Laugesen said.
It took Fire and Rescue NSW’s Corey Summerson some careful clambering down a two-metre drain on Gregory Hills Drive, to locate the two nervous baby plovers
“The babies were at the bottom of the pit and I had to crawl a bit to find them,” Mr Summerson told The Chronicle.
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“Luckily they were not hurt but were nervous.”
Mr Summerson, a 20-year veteran of Fire and Rescue NSW, then carried them one by one to the top and handed them over to his colleagues.
“We then relocated the babies and their mother to the neighbouring area,” Mr Summerson said.
“I guess the little ones were too young to understand what was happening but were happy to be reunited with their mum.”
Mr Summerson said he had experience with many animal and wildlife rescues in his career, recalling the time he had to climb a tree to free a bird who had been entangled with a fishing line.
“The fishing line had been somehow wound around the poor cockatoo’s beak and I had to cut the line carefully and set the bird free,” he said.
“This was one of the more unusual rescues I have been involved in.”
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