Sharlotte

UPDATE - April 1st 2019: Unfortunately Sharlotte the kea has been found to have VERY high blood lead levels. Please keep an eye out for her if you're near Homer Tunnel or anywhere in the Milford Sound area of Fiordland. Please contact us or DOC Te Anau if you see her so she can be caught and treated for lead poisoning. She will be released again into the wild once she is healthy (usually after a few weeks). This kea, banded at Homer Tunnel in March 2019, is named after the late Sharlotte Stainsby who was in the DOC partnership team in Dunedin for many years. Sadly Sharlotte passed away early 2018 at 41 years young. One of Sharlotte’s very last trips was to Fiordland where she visited Doubtful Sound. Sharlotte was stoic with a dry sense of humour and a determination of kea proportions. Hopefully we can track kea Sharlotte’s whereabouts and adventures.