Penguin Rescue Update

Our Pohutukawa is ready for Christmas

Hello friends and family
Merry Christmas
Another quiet start to the week – so enjoyable! Liam has been potting up tiny trees and coming on beach checks.

What is going on out there?

On Tuesday, we were joined by Jan and Bronwyn, so we were able to weigh all the chicks down the hill and give them a health check. They all looked fabulous! Then the rain arrived in the afternoon, watering all the plants and cooling things down.
On Wednesday morning we went to Okahau and put wire netting around small trees that had outgrown their protectors, to protect them from rabbits. We also went to Tickle Bay and retrieved a camera that showed us 2 juveniles roosting under the boxthorn at the north end.

How to ensure that your chick looks up to you

​On Thursday, the cold arrived, it was much more comfortable inside, but we weighed the Okahau chicks in the morning and went to the Bluffs in the afternoon, to help Bronwyn weigh the chick there. It turned out that she would not have needed us anyway as the chick was post-guard and in the box.

Home alone - a sure sign of Christmas week.

​Thor came on Friday and took our juvenile down to the OPERA. She is  recovered and lively, so needed company as she is pre-moult and has a few weeks of rehab to go to see her through that.
Yesterday we picked up Mrs 165. She has been home for days and only weighed 4.5kg. She has an infection and no appetite – she will be with us for a few days anyway. 

Mrs 165 staying home for days

Have a great week and wonderful Christmas
Rosalie