Firefighters use 37m ladder to set entangled Shellharbour magpie free

By Angela Thompson
Updated October 29 2016 - 5:08pm, first published 4:30pm
THANKS MATE: Shellharbour fire fighter Paul Camilleri, with Wollongong's Con Spyrou sends the juvenile bird on its way. Picture: Sylvia Liber
THANKS MATE: Shellharbour fire fighter Paul Camilleri, with Wollongong's Con Spyrou sends the juvenile bird on its way. Picture: Sylvia Liber

A juvenile magpie that became tangled in string up a 12-metre tree at Shellharbour has paused to get a look at its rescuer before flying to freedom.

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