Sunday 18th December 2022

proud parent

​Hello friends and family
I am continuing with my mission to get all the seedlings potted up ready to sit over summer and only need watering. The weather has been great for this – the garden is sheltered from the wind so is a pleasant place to work.

first climbing lesson

​We weighed the Katiki chicks on Tuesday and they are all making good progress. At the nest that had blood the previous week, the chick had a puncture wound on its head. It is doing fine, but we have put a camera out and a trap nearby. The Kawariki chicks have caught up and so no longer need supplementary feeding.

cuteness overload

​More dramas on Thursday! The chicks are now coming out of their boxes which is much kinder on the nose, but one of the younger chicks was post-guard. Sometimes new parents do miscommunicate and both parents go fishing but it is not safe for the chick. We were very pleased when they finally came home. It was also a day of non-parent penguins to stay home and check out the neighbourhood to see if any new penguins have turned up.

Just hanging about

On Saturday, Jan and I weighed the chick with the puncture wound and he has not gained any weight. I will start supplementary feeding him today.
Have a great week
Rosalie