Birdie update

Both Tuis have now left home and no longer return to the aviary at night. I see them about in my garden and they are doing well and mixing and mingling with the wild tui. Interesting, both left at around 6 months of age whereas in the wild they have generally left their parents at about 2 months of age. I hope they have long happy lives the pair of them - it is quite quiet now without them landing on my head or shoulder when I stepped outside.

I also had a visit from Ralph the Weka this morning - at least I am fairly sure it was him. He wasn't frightened or wary of me and when I put some spaghetti on the ground, he ran to it. Pav wasn't at all happy to see Ralph and tried chasing him off but Ralph mostly, ignored him.

Pav is fine.... he has his restless moments, generally when the temperature is warmer..... sometimes I feel a bit mean not letting him go free when he has these restless wander lusts but the other day, I picked up a poor dead pukeko on the road that had been hit by a car..... am sure this is what would happen to Pav if he left my garden. So looks as though Pav is here for life..... heck, I wonder how long Pukeko live for? :) :)