Penguin Rescue Update

The first visit back to the nest this season

​Hello friends and family
This week started off a little differently, with me house sitting for Jan for 2 nights. She has a new kitten, so I stayed over, enjoyed the spa pool and the view of home. I came home during the day to plant trees!

My place from Jans

​Robbie came out on Tuesday morning and Cathy, from the QE2 Trust came out in the afternoon. Murray was back from snowboarding by Thursday, and we did the rounds.

Penguins coming home.

​Yesterday was the annual, Yellow-eyed Penguin symposium. The event was different this year. All the season data was shared prior to the meeting so the purpose of the gathering was to progress the information.

Spring is in the air

​It was held in the Otago museum, which was a nice enough venue, but the sound was difficult. It is always inspiring to be surrounded by penguin heroes. There were missing faces and new ones stepping up to the challenge.

​The two unresolved issues were the threat of extinction and under resourcing. There was no shortage of ideas to move our combined conservation efforts forward. There is hope that the recognition of the sub-species status of Hoiho will enable more resourcing. Even with the 3 sub-species combined, it is unlikely that there are more than 2000 left.

Checking out the locals

This morning, we got a donation of $50 from Sylvia who is 6 years old. She raised the money by selling lemonade. Thank you, Sylvia!
Have a great week!
Rosalie