Sunday 4th June 2023

back together

​Hello friends and family.
The autumn weather continues to be kind to us here in North Otago and I have yet to unpack the thermals. On Tuesday we released the last 5 penguins from care as they were down to a few feathers left to moult, and they can drop them in the colony, rather than here. I have had continuous penguins since before Christmas, which makes for a long rehab season. We have one penguin at the Dunedin Wildlife hospital that will be back here soon, so all is not done. The season ends at the end of this month.

evidence of a tree climbing penguin

​Megan, Jason, and baby Taylor called in on their way home from holiday. What a treat – talking penguins to others who speak the same language! They are moving to Penguin Place so that is great news. Taylor is a contented baby and even joined in the conversation a couple of times.

The 5 finger is beginning to flower

​Bronwyn and Tobi joined us on Thursday morning, and we started our winter planting. The penguins are nearly all out fishing most days, so we were quick to spot one on the landing. Sadly, it was dead – an unmarked, moulted adult male, weighing only 3kg. It must have come from somewhere south of here.

home sweet home

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​Slowly I am getting the paths pruned with my new, very dangerous toy. It only weighs 1.5kg so is easy to put in the backpack and have it on hand to make trimming easy. Yesterday the sun continued to shine so I went and retrieved some waratahs to use when planting this season. I am expecting to start on my list of indoor jobs today, but it is not raining yet!

deadly device

Have a great week,
Rosalie