Its really hard to enjoy a nice day on the beach when this guy decides to sun himself right in front of you. I contacted the local bird rescue, but he hopped in the water before I could get close.
Bonus pigeon:
Nothing I could do anyway. Wrangling and driving him somewhere would be at least a two person job, and no one around here wanted to help.
It’s always disturbing to see a bird with a faulty wing. The critters wouldn’t survive a day without this crucial bit of high-tech machinery in working order. When watching beat-up pigeons with missing toes etc I often wonder how it ends for them, and can’t help guessing it’s the wings that somehow betray them.