Late one afternoon the AZ Rescue crew got a call from a family business at Elimbah. They were reporting a magpie that was up a large gum tree, attached to a nest with fishing line! The rescue crew got there just in time as the sun was setting and quickly hooked up our lines and Andy began to climb!

Magpies quite often use lots of different types of nesting materials to make things nice and comfortable for their young chicks, and fishing line is sometimes used as part of the nest.

Once Andy was up near the nest, he noticed that it was actually one of the parents stuck in the line, and there were two chicks in the nest. The other Adult was calling out from a tree nearby, reassuring the chicks and the injured parent.

Andy hooked up one of our trusty tools and was able to cut the line, and Kado caught the Magpie from below. Once on the ground, we were able to cut away the fishing line that was tangled all through the legs and wings of the Magpie. We transported the injured Maggie back to the AWH for treatment and Andy spent the next half hour up the tree, cutting away all the extra line from the nest so that the chicks would have an injury free start to their lives!

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Tags: Australia Zoo, Entanglement, Magpie, Rescue Unit, wildlife. rescue

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