Hospital for the Birds
Fri, 09 Jul 2010 1:01 pm – Posted by Mandy | 3 Comments
Blogger: Web Manager for Forest & Bird, Mandy Herrick
Given their penchant for getting drunk on fermented berries, it comes as no surprise that our kereru is one of our more accident prone birds. In fact, they get in into so many scrapes that a small hospital has been set up in Dunedin to care for these injured birds.
The hospital is supported by our Dunedin branch, DOC and Watties, and relies heavily on the goodwill of volunteers that nurture these birds back from the brink.
Earlier this year, I met up with the people who run the hospital and was introduced to some of their feathery patients.
Awesome work! keep it up
Awesome work done by those people who work voluntarily to care for our birds!
Our branch has well-known Bird Lady Sylvia Durrant speaking to us today about setting her bird rescue centre up years ago on Auckland’s Northshore and running it voluntarily for years on donations and personal cost. Member Graham Hill (of Radio Live fame/infamy) contacted us to tell us about a radio interview he did with Sylvia recently http://www.forestandbird.org.nz/what-we-do/branches/central-auckland
Thanks Graham and Sylvia.
Sorry, here’s the radio link http://www.radiolive.co.nz/Sylvia-Durrant-the-delightful-bird-rescue-lady-of-Auckland/tabid/506/articleID/14404/Default.aspx