Australian newsreader Peter Hitchiner is upstaged by a special guest during a bulletin - a giant seagull. The bird stole the show as it walked past the studio's camera filming the Melbourne skyline. The Channel 9 newsreader was reading a story about a 27-year-old being murdered at the time. Hitchiner told a Melbourne radio station: "I was reading away...and I suddenly thought 'Oh gosh that seagull's back again', because we had a bit of a problem last night. About 50 seconds to six...
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Australian newsreader Peter Hitchiner is upstaged by a special guest during a bulletin - a giant seagull. The bird stole the show as it walked past the studio's camera filming the Melbourne skyline. The Channel 9 newsreader was reading a story about a 27-year-old being murdered at the time. Hitchiner told a Melbourne radio station: "I was reading away...and I suddenly thought 'Oh gosh that seagull's back again', because we had a bit of a problem last night. About 50 seconds to six o'clock this seagull arrived and started pecking at the camera and it had the beadiest huge eyes you've ever seen in your life." Luckily Hitchiner is an experienced campaigner and the bird failed to ruffle his feathers....Picture 22 October 2009: Sky/Universal News and Sport (Scotland)..All pictures must be credited to www.universalnewsandsport.com.(0ffice) 0844 884 51 22. (Universal News does not claim any Copyright or License in the attached material. Any downloading fee charged by Universal News and Sport is for Universal News services only. We are advised that videograbs should not be used more than 48 hours after the time of original transmission, without the consent of the copyright holder). .
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