Blueberry

Blueberry was first seen with a large group of kea on Alex Knob. It was an beautiful south Westland morning, clear skies over the Franz Josef glacier valley, when two DOC kea rangers, where awoke by the calls of kea coming to destroy their tents. Luckily these rangers were prepared to band many kea that morning. We only caught the one. Blueberry. An incredibly inquisitive fledgling who flew in to play with some pink flagging tape straight away. The rest of her family were a bit more stand offish and just called at us instead