This season we have had 35 kingfisher chicks come in to care - all of them due to total clear felling slash-and-burn of everything for another housing development.
And just to rub salt into the wound, the developer makes $$$$. The plant operator makes $$$ clearing, the wildlife spotter/catcher gets paid and the wildlife rehabilitator who gets the results of the development gets??????....... that's right not a red cent, not a brass razoo, no support whatever!
So why do it? - because doing nothing is not an option.
So meet some of the guests
And just to rub salt into the wound, the developer makes $$$$. The plant operator makes $$$ clearing, the wildlife spotter/catcher gets paid and the wildlife rehabilitator who gets the results of the development gets??????....... that's right not a red cent, not a brass razoo, no support whatever!
So why do it? - because doing nothing is not an option.
So meet some of the guests
And some more. . .
They are Sacred Kingfishers, (Todiramphus sancta) spikey feathers with spikey personalities to match. Favourite ocupation eating, oh and squabling.
All have recently been released back to the wild.
1 comment:
Oh, my, they ae gorgeous! I've only ever had one of these guys, and as you know, he died. You are soo lucky to have that many, even if they are noisy buggers.
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