Penguin Rescue Update

enjoying the sun

​Hello friends and family
More great weather has made this busy week a pleasure! On Monday, 4 of us went to visit our local MP – Miles Anderson. We were seeking support for the satellite tagging of our fledglings next season. All we can commit is $10, 000 which will buy 4 of them. This is the next step in turning the population decline around – finding out where and when our fledglings are going and dying, gives us more information to stop it happening. We came away from the meeting optimistic that we had been heard.

The Clematis is in bud

​There were different penguins home on Tuesday, new nest boxes with signs of penguin visits. The freezer man came and completed the repair of the walk-in freezer, and I emptied the small freezer into it. Only the big chest freezer was left to empty.

What missing teeth?

​Wednesday was my day to get a tooth sorted out. This meant going to Oamaru for the day and getting the replacement tooth mounted on my partial plate. While this was happening, I had to get around with no front teeth! Late afternoon, I called in to see Jan on my way to the dentist in Palmerston, where the tooth was extracted, the rest of my teeth were water blasted, and I came home with a hole in my wallet to dinner of stewed apples and ice-cream!

The gulls return is not quiet

​Robbie and Bronwyn came out on Thursday morning and we did the rounds, enjoying the penguins calling and seeing the red-billed gulls roosting in their breeding area for the first time this season.

Who is watching who?

​Because we have had a dry August, some nest site choices are bad. Hopefully it rains before the females choose where to lay their eggs, so they can choose somewhere dry.

Under a bush, beside the path will not hold 2 active chicks

Have a great week!
Rosalie