TF vingrina vienu spārnu.


10.01
Te jau atkal vecāks sagaidīts.

10.06
TF tiek mazliet pabarots, jo barošana nav gara.

(GT)Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC) Mod
Kia ora koutou (hello everyone)
Name the chick, what happens on land affects the sea. Thanks for all the great name submissions, it has been super to see all the conservation action happening out there.
We are selecting 10 names from the submissions for you to vote on.
Weigh day update: there is no weighing for Top Flat and Top Flat Track chicks this week.
Both chicks are doing very well, and the ranger time will go into the lighter weight chicks elsewhere in the colony.
Top Flat chick is 217 days old today. Last week he weighed 10.6kg which was a big jump up from recent low weights and some supplementary feeding. He has been fed frequently over the last week. Average weight is 10.9 kg and lowest acceptable weight is just under 9kg
Top Flat Track chick is 209 days and last week he weighed 9.6 kg. Although this was a bit of a drop from the good steady weights that he had been maintaining he is still within the acceptable weight range. Average weight for a male this age is 11.1 kg with the lowest acceptable weight being just over 9 kg. He has been fed at least 5 times over the last week.
Note that we are not always able to keep the cam on Top Flat Track chick as he is often too far from Top Flat chick for the cam to be able to include both on screen. We will pan over to Top Flat Track chick at least daily and try to keep both chicks on cam when we can.
The chicks must be able to handle a ‘boom and bust’ type of diet when they are adults as there will be lean times and times of plenty. It is thought that they do not feed while they spend 2 weeks crossing the Pacific Ocean.