It was a very unusual visitor to Waikawa Beach. My friend Stephen Betts found this injured bird on the beach and took it to Wellington Zoo for care. 🐦

Sad looking mid-size brown bird on the beach.
Mid-size brown bird on lawn.

Photos by Stephen Betts and used with permission.

The zoo updated:

the albatross is bright this morning and currently stable. It is indeed a light mantled sooty albatross.

Toroa pango | Light Mantled Sooty Albatross.