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Tūmanako šogad ligzdo un pārī ar A51 perē olu, kura izdēta 11. novembrī.
Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC) Mod
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Royalcam News
GLY and L at Plateau
GLY and L have produced an egg at Plateau on last season’s Royalcam nest in a first for Royalcam. The egg was laid on the 1st of November and is now 12 days old. The egg was candled this morning. We are uncertain, at this point, if it is fertile. It will be candled again soon. Normally, we know that an egg is fertile before moving the cam to a nest, but in this case the egg was laid on last year’s nest
n the case of an infertile egg, the egg is removed and replaced with an artificial egg. The toroa are happy to incubate this and can be held as prospective foster parents if the parents at another nest become unavailable. Fostering maximizes the number of chicks raised each year.
After 2 quick changeovers, L has settled into a longer foraging trip to build up reserves following egg laying. GLY has been on the nest for 9 days by the time L came back in, but he was only gone a couple of days before coming back for a changeover this afternoon.
The egg laying time is now around halfway through. Both the male and the female will spend time at sea feeding and are not continuously taking turns at the nest until the egg is laid. They will share incubation duties until the egg hatches in around 79 days. Then they share the feeding of the chick till fledging.
Meanwhile, rangers are busy checking on toroa and eggs, note keeping, preparing the irrigation system and the incubation room for the busy season ahead.
The parents (LGK and LGL) of Karere, Tiaki and Kiwa had a male chick at Top Flat during 2026, number 1000 for the life of the colony. The chick received a GPS tracker and fledged on the 12th of September.
View — uploads.disquscdn.com Image: The journey of Top Flat chicks GPS tracking data since fledging, Top Flat stayed relatively close to the takutai/coastline before heading out across the continental shelf and crossing the Pacific Ocean. He spent some time feeding near Cape Horn before heading north towards Uruguay. He now appears to be heading away from South America. The higher the number in the circles, the more time has been spent in the area, EP = End Point i.e. the last known location.
Also during 2026, YWK and KGY, Moana’s parents had a male chick and Tūmanako’s dad BK and his new mate RLW had a female chick, both have fledged. GO and WO, the foster parents of 2018 chick Amīria had a broken egg but raised a female foster chick who has now fledged.
Past Royalcam chicks that have returned to Pukekura are Moana, now 10 years old, Tūmanako and Amīria. Tūmanako, who fledged in 2017 and returned to Pukekura at the end of 2021.
Tūmanako and his mate, A51 have an egg this season, it was laid on the 11th of November so has not yet been candled. The parents of Kaewa, A85 and GLG, are also now on an egg which was laid on the 9th of November.
