The worried shouts of a group of people on shore startled Marc Wilson as he rowed through the clear waters of Whitby Harbor in the United Kingdom, warning him to disaster.
Soon, he realized a cormorant was trapped near the bottom of a nearby pier, struggling inside a tangled fishing line.
Wilson knew what he had to do.
“I pulled up my boat alongside it and picked it out of the water and into my boat,” Wilson told The Dodo.
Wilson cautiously took hold of the terrified bird’s head and started working. The bird was calmed down by a friendly bystander who tossed down a pair of scissors and a glove to cover his face.
Wilson pulled a hook from the cormorant’s foot while carefully unraveling the fishing line.
The happy bird joyfully took to the air after being let free.
Everyone rejoiced as the bird took flight immediately, according to Wilson.
Wilson is so glad he was in the water that day and was able to save the bird, whom he initially feared wasn’t going to make it. The active rower was moved by the cormorant’s resilience, and hopes to see his new little friend sometime soon.
“It was marvelous to watch it fly away, and I hope to see it again many more times this winter as I’m rowing,” Wilson said. “Hopefully in better circumstances!”
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