Dunedin's new Royal cam albatross chick is out of intensive care and with a foster mum. The newborn chick was moved to intensive care at the Taiaroa Head colony on Tuesday, after being found to be fly-blown and dropping below its hatch weight. The chick was now out of intensive care and, for now, had been placed in a foster nest near the Department of Conservation rangers' office at the colony, she said. Photo suppliedThe Taiaroa Head colony's latest breeding season was going as expected, Ms Barker said. Another egg had been crushed by one of the parent birds, who had ''feet as big as someone's hand'', Ms Barker said.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 31, 2017 21:45 UTC