Cormorant Sanctuary at the Panmure Basin. All injured birds welcome
These are the five birds that are in care at the sanctuary. Four Pied Shags including Gollum from Native Bird Rescue Waiheke Island (Gollum is the Pied Shag that has his back to the camera) and a Juvenile Spotted Shag that was brought in from Long Bay Regional Park.
The breeding female pied shag that was rescued by Logan Walsh was released two Saturdays ago, back to where she came from. As you can see in the video she was very pleased to be going back to her mate.
Thank you so much Logan and Jennie for saving this beautiful bird.
It is an honour that Henry brings his baby to visit just as he used to do with Pam.
After successfully recovering from two major injuries with Dr. Bryan Gartrell's help, the juvenile pied shag was finally released.
Fly free on mended wings
Last Friday Randy the Pied Shag went back to Waiheke Island to be released on Saturday by Native Bird Rescue. It was an honour to be able to care for Randy and help with his rehabilitation.
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This shag that was brought in from Parnell Carevets has finally had the foot brace removed with success and is on the final stage of rehabilitation before release.
Also in this video you can see the baby pied that was blown out the nest is doing well, but needs to be taught to fish etc before being released so will be here for a little bit longer.
I had to catch a baby pied shag from the colony in the Panmure Basin due to a fish hook stuck in its leg. I took the bird to Dr Bryan Gartrell yesterday morning and he removed the hook. It is back at the sanctuary on antibiotics and pain relief. At this stage we don't know if it will ever be able to use its leg again. We need to stop fishing in the Panmure Basin!
The black shag that was brought in from the zoo was released last Saturday, and as you can see in the video, looked very much at home.
This pied shag has been at the sanctuary for several weeks. It would still be on the nest being fed by its parents. It was found blown out of its nest after a storm. It is doing very well in the aviary.
This white faced heron arrived at the sanctuary several weeks ago. It had been picked on by another heron, hence it's feather condition.
The little black shag enjoys the sun after some fish and a swim.
This black backed gull was brought into the sanctuary by Christina, who found it starving at the Panmure Basin. At first it was tube fed, as it was so weak, but it has now started to eat for itself.
The baby white faced heron is becoming less tame everyday. It now flies away when I go into the aviary.
This juvenile black shag is in the sanctuary due to severe starvation.
