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  • Welcome back to the wild Warou!

      10 December 2025
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    Thank you to everyone who is supporting BirdCare's nursery this season<3

    Remember the tiny 7g Warou Welcome swallows- rescued from Waiuku? Well, they have passed all their developmental health checks- with flying colours.

    Our amazing volunteers Mali and and Camila have been learning to care for these Warou, starting off with delicate syringe-feeds, until they learned to forage on their own.

    What a special moment, returning these healthy swallows back to the skies.

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    • 10/12/2025 by Starfish Bobby Calf Project

      That;s wonderful to hear. I also brough in a welcome swallow fledgling who was going to join these two. Just wondering if you know how that little swallow is?

  • Tūī update: Growing up so fast!

      17 November 2025
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    Thanks Tūī team for your continued support of BirdCare's dedicated Nursery. These four have graduated from the incubators! They are now capable of regulating their own body temperature, are learning to feed independently, and are very chirpy!

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  • Tiny tūī!

      13 November 2025
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    Thank you for helping us provide specialised care to even the tiniest orphaned chicks!

    This tiny tūī, the 13th tūī in our nursery so far, is just 15 grams. Thanks Simon Runting for yet another stunning photograph. It needs clinical care for another 1.5 months, until it reaches ~65-70 grams, can forage independently, flies confidently, and has fully water-proof feathers.

    Tūī and starlings babies do look very similar when naked (pre-feathers). Fortunately, our clinical team can identify these birds with tell-"tail" give-aways: "their hairy tongue for nectar feeding, and they sound like little velociraptors (starlings have a deafening raspy call)."

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  • 5 gram Riroriro Grey Warbler

      3 November 2025
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    This tiny Riroriro Grey Warbler chick was rescued from Red Beach, after it fell from its nest. This baby has a guarded prognosis. Photographed by Simon Runting

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  • Welcome to the nursery, Warou- Welcome Swallow

      31 October 2025
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    Tiny Warou, Welcome swallow have joined our Native nursery! Thank you to the wonderful rescuer from Waiuku who noticed their damaged nest, and brought these 10 gram chicks to BirdCare.

    They are perking up with Catriona's patient tweezer feeds, photographed by Simon Runting.

    Thank you for all your thoughtful donations, that enable us to raise these tiny chicks! <3

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  • Tūī time!

      28 October 2025
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    We have been receiving orphaned tūī chicks earlier than expected this year. This tiny hatchling is less than a week old. Found fallen from its nest, it is receiving pain relief and nutrient-rich syringe feeds. It is sharing an incubator (warmth and humidity) with a slightly older rescue- a nest-mate!

    Thank you to all wonderful friends who have contributed to our Baby Birds appeal so far! Our nurseries are filling up, and your support means we can continue providing expert clinical care to baby birds, rescued from across Auckland!

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  • New arrivals

      14 October 2025

    I have just added some photos of new arrivals that came in to the hospital today

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