thought to be an albatross. Now that I've memorized the spelling....
Poor guy was spotted and fed by some friends in the afternoon on the 4th. Jan got the message at 8:30pm. It was, "There's a gull with a broken wing at the citizens bank; looks like an albatross, can you catch it?" Jan and I giggling because they are tropical birds. Jan calls our friend and asks in spanish accent, "Is this a native albatross or portugese albatross?". we went to the area. Pretty much gave up looking. then spotted him standing on a pile of cedar chips. Jan got the trout net. I got the giant blanket. She chased him head on, I used the blanket to keep him from heading into the wooded area. got him into carrier. Carrier was way to small hence the cage. Once in the cage, he stopped crying. He'd also had lost a toe at some point in his life. These birds are HUGE!! You can't tell from the picture but they are very big. His wing feathers stuck out of the carrier doors which I am sure was painful on the broken wing!