On August 10, Worldwide Chook Rescue acquired a name from a passenger aboard a cruise ship a few small thriller hen they’d found that was unable to fly away. She initially thought it was a shearwater and later recognized it as a puffin. Nonetheless, as soon as the hen was introduced into care, it was decided to be an endangered Guadalupe Murrelet.
The ship had been touring from Ensenada, Baja California to Lengthy Seaside, and the murrelet was discovered earlier than they handed Catalina Island. The passenger recalled {that a} crew member informed her that they’d seen the hen on board a number of days earlier than. Due to this rescuer for taking motion, the hen is alive right now and now has a second likelihood.
Upon examination, the murrelet was discovered to be unhurt however severely emaciated and dehydrated. This new affected person is now recovering in an outside pool whereas it regains its power. As soon as the hen is able to return to the wild, it will likely be transported by boat and launched into the open ocean.
The Guadalupe Murrelet is the rarest alcid on the planet (lower than 5,000 pairs), with common breeding documented solely at Islas Guadalupe and San Benito off the west-central coast of Baja California, Mexico, in line with a 2021 examine revealed in Marine Ornithology. These tiny auks are threatened by invasive species on their breeding islands in addition to by the results of local weather change. Chook Rescue beforehand cared for a Guadalupe Murrelet stowaway in 2019.
Every particular person hen in a threatened group is of maximum significance to the survival of the species. Chook Rescue is dedicated to rescuing birds of particular concern in a altering world. Click on right here to help the murrelet and different waterbirds in care.
