Birds birds and more birds

These little sparrows were brought to me on 28th December.... the nest had fallen from a tree. They were probably only a day or two old. Now they are feathered up and almost ready to be moved into a cage, then an aviary and then released.

The tui below is Spike, who is looking really good and I will work on his release shortly.
The kingfisher came to me as a youngster and I am in the process of releasing this bird. He has been in an aviary for about a week but is not practising his flying skills but will return to me for food and is quite pleased to be put back in the aviary at nightime. Neat seeing this bird learning things in the big outside.

Has been a busy few weeks with quail chicks, blackbirds etc.

The sad news is..... Pav, my Pukeko, left home on Christmas night and I haven't seen him since. I have looked, all of Russell has been looking for him as he is so well known around here but not a sighting. I hope he is okay and I hope he will come back but he had become very restless and aggressive with being confined. It is terrible not knowing though and I do fret about the dratted bird. The female wild Pook with the gammy leg, remains. She is no trouble and I do put out food for her as with her leg she does seem to find it hard in the wild. So wish Pav had fallen for her.... sigh.