Lulu

'Lulu' - a lovely name for a beautlful female kea. Sue Streatfield who works for DOC organised a kea banding trip with us in March 2019 to understand the kea population along the Milford Highway sites and how we can get better advocacy and conservation work to happen in this area. Sue named this wonderful kea 'Lulu' after their old, much-loved rescue dog who is now 13. Lulu is bird, human, dog and cat friendly. Sue and her partner Toby often reflect on how parrots live for so long (20-30 years) and dogs only half that. Did you know that the oldest kea in captivity is over 50 years old, while the oldest kea we know of from the wild was at least 20?