Hand-rearing orphaned baby birds
Clinical care and hand-rearing orphaned baby bird rescues.
Green Bay, Auckland
Each spring-summer, BirdCare's nursery grows to nurture hundreds of orphaned baby bird rescues. From tiny hatchlings that had fallen from nests, wobbly walkers straying from parents, to numerous predator interactions, our renowned nursery programme gives these tiny taonga the best chance to make it back out to the big wide world!
Hospital Manager Catriona laughs about becoming "surrogate parents," while avoiding habituation to humans... "We want our nursery graduates to learn to thrive independently, for return to native ecosystems."
Each rescue receives daily health checks, temperature and hydration support, in environmentally-enriched enclosures, sometimes antibiotics and pain relief.
Thank you for helping our clinical staff, and dedicated volunteers raise these tiny taonga.
About us
BirdCare Aotearoa is a bird hospital and rehabilitation centre, providing expert care and rehabilitation for sick, injured, and orphaned native and endemic species. Our compassionate services extend to public rescuers, and in training upcoming vet talent!
Use of funds
$2 pair of disposable gloves- protecting tiny feathers.
$10 medication (e.g., antibiotics and painrelief)
$20 fluid therapy- happy, hydrated and warm inside dedicated incubators
$60 species-specific bird feeds, for a day.
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Latest update
Tūī time! 21 October 2026
This tiny tūī was rescued from Henderson, having fallen from its nest, with the rescuer unable to locate its parents.
Admitted to our dedicated nursery, it is currently living inside a warm incubator, as chicks this young are unable to thermoregulate.
Orphaned chicks at this early nestling stage require feeds once every 30 mins! Busy work for our amazing Birdcaring team <3
In a few weeks, we look forward to this cutie learning to self feed and regulate its own body temperature.
With daily health monitoring, it will then graduate to Tūī intermediate school- aviaries modelling their native habitats. These outdoor aviaries are designed to help develop flight skills, as it also learns to forage independently... in preparation for its return to the wild!
Thank you wonderful whaanau, for supporting their nursery recovery journeys! We could not do this important mahi without you <3
Latest donations
Thank you so much Jason! Through this nursery programme, we look forward to returning the next generation of healthy birds, to thrive in their native habitats.
Thank you so much Tracey for your support and aroha. With the recent gusts of wind, we are admitting numerous chicks who have fallen from their nests. Thanks for supporting our nursery, to raise these tiny cuties.
Thank you so much Jill. Our nursery is quickly filling up with adorable, but vulnerable little orphan chicks. And right now- your support is helping to keep them fed, clean, and warm. <3
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