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11.04

(GT)Sharyn Broni
Brief update:
GLG searches the coast off Kaikoura for food...
RLK waits patiently for her return.
Meanwhile, some of us have been talking to the Associated Press....
Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC) ModSharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC) Mod
Kia ora koutou (hello everyone)
The Royalcam nest.
The embryo is developing just fine for a 52-day old egg. (The egg is 64 days on the 14th of January and is expected to be hatched around day 79.)
If we do find failed eggs the parents can be given a dummy for when we need them as foster parents later. This increases the chances of fledging more chicks.
We are counting down to the start of hatching, in fact, the first checks for the beginning of hatching occur today. There are 24 eggs older than the Royalcam nest this season, so we will be well under way by the time the Signal Station Trig egg cracks open and is taken to the incubator to protect it from fly strike.
Royalcam adults have been tagged this season. Geo Positioning Tags (GPS) are very light weight and are cable tied to the strong back feathers between the wings. They will fall off after around a year when these feathers are moulted. We will receive the data via satellite so do not need to retrieve the device to see the information that it has gathered of the bird’s whereabouts. We hope to gain foraging location insights from the data.
Šodienas GPS taga atjauninājums RLK/KA85, GLG un 10 mazuļu toroa un no Pukekuras (atzīmēts 2024. gada 25. septembrī un 5. oktobrī)Today's GPS tag update of RLK/KA85, GLG and 10 juvenile toroa and from Pukekura (tagged 25th of September and 5th of October 2024)
Tuvāk aplūkot mazuļus pie Dienvidamerikas krastiem.A closer look at the juveniles off the coast of South America.
Pēc atgriešanās Puķekurā mazuļi ir pusaudži un vidēji 5 gadus veci.Once the juveniles return to Pukekura they are adolescents and on average, 5 years old.
It takes a few years of socialising with other adolescents (and potentially any bereaved breeders who may be around) before they choose a mate.
For example,
Tūmanako* fledged in 2017, returned at the end of 2021 and is just now ‘keeping company’ (i.e. serious about breeding next season).
Although tricky to see in this photo, the distinctive Red Orange Red bands of Tūmanako were clearly visible through binoculars from the Richdale Observatory.
Image credit DOC: Tūmanako (right) and a female bonding up the hill from an incubating adult.
*Read more about Tūmanako, the second Royalcam chick here: https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-a ... anako-2017
Some other recommended reading:
https://blog.doc.govt.nz/2025/01/07/the ... ross-tale/