By request I guided two staff from the World Parrot Trust into the Brook Waimārama Sanctuary today; they were Oceania Regional Director Dr Luis Ortiz-Catedral and Executive Director Dr Jamie Gilardi. Also present was a principal sponsor of the World Parrot Trust, his name was Joe (never got his surname!).
Luis is originally from Mexico, but did his post-grad in New Zealand and lives here. He has conducted research on kākāriki, in particular translocation methods. None of the three guests had previously visited the sanctuary, they had a short window of opportunity today so we made the most of it.
We drove up the eastern fence-line track so our guests could have a good view of the sanctuary from the outside, then entered at Kākāriki Hatch and walked through the sanctuary over about five hours passing by the soft-release aviaries (for kākāriki karaka) and the soon-to-be (hopefully) kākā aviary on the way out. A good day was had by all, humans and birds.
Some photos from today (of the birds, of course).
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