Every now and again, my wife and I will walk over to McDonald’s and get some food then eat it at one of the grassy parts of the University of New South Wales. We did the same thing earlier today and after we finished eating, we walked around a little and we eventually came across a little turtle dove (I never knew what a turtle dove was until today) that was getting murdered by two crows plus a gang of other little jerk birds. I’m guessing stuff like that happens all the time in nature, survival of the fittest and all that fun stuff, but this little bird was all alone getting smashed by around a dozen birds and I couldn’t just stand by and let it happen.
The photo above was taken just before we decided to put an end to the massacre. The little guy had no chance! It took some time for us to catch the little guy (it probably thought that we were out to hurt it as well) and when we did, we saw that a lot of its feathers on its back were gone and the crows have done some serious damage to its fleshy parts.
When we brought the turtle dove to the Struggletown Vet Randwick, this big fluffy dog was there to greet me and hang out with me while they sorted out the turtle dove. She seemed really friendly and kept coming near me so I just rubbed her while my wife filled out some paperwork. The staff seemed nice and they were the ones who told us that the bird was a turtle dove.
Hopefully the little turtle dove recovers and stays away from the other mean birds.