A chick called Thor

There is a very lucky chick living in our colony at Moeraki who has been sponsored by kind people who have named him Thor. Here he is with his mum having a snooze mid afternoon in the shade after she came home and fed him. He is a lucky as he is enjoying the undivided attention of his parents now since we took his sibling into our rehab facility after we found that it was loosing weight. Removing one of two chicks relieves the parents that are struggling allowing them to give all the food to one chick and fledging it at a good weight - rather than two underweight chicks. This will give Thor a good start to independent life that he will be embarking on within the next week or two. But first he has to loose the last of his down on the back of his head. For now though sleeping in the shade under the watchful eye of his mum is the order of the day!!