We were so relieved when we spotted our freshly fledged fantails in the garden this morning. What was more remarkable was that they had all survived considering the strong winds during the week. This fantail blog has taught us much about the life of these little birds in our environment here at Driftwood Ecotours. We hope you have enjoyed it as much as we have.

Yesterday I arrived home to find our fantails had hatched their chicks. I spent some time watching them take turns in feeding and then resting on the nest. At times the nest would be vacant for up to 30 seconds and then one bird would arrive with bugs to feed chicks. I felt very privileged to watch this so close and yet they were quite accepting of my presence. Birding can be so much fun and been able to photograph them is a added bonus. I shall keep you posted as they grow and hopefully fledge as conditions have been extremely windy and so challenging for them.

It’s a busy week with the inaugural Indulge Marlborough Wine and Cuisine festival starting on Thursday. Highlights include Anna Coddington, Paul Urbana Jones and our local girl Sarah Brown all singing plus chef’s Johnny Schwass and Chris Fortune. Also we shall have the pleasure of Justin Marshall as one of the guests.

Have planted more trees enhancing our wetland environment and reducing our client’s carbon footprint and looking for more ways to be sustainable.

cheers Will

Tourism New Zealand is holding a facebook contest called ‘Capture the Flag’ over the RWC period which go live next Wednesday the 13th 2011.

Driftwood Eco- tours is offering 4 kayak tours as prizes.

(The prizes are redeemable on presentation of voucher. Offer is valid until end of April 2012. Extension of this expiry date maybe negotiable. These vouchers are not cash redeemable.)

If you don’t win one of the the vouchers we have a special offer of 4 people for the price of 3 valid till April 2012.

Traditional toffee made with wicked amounts of premium New Zealand butter, laced with macadamia chips, coated with milk chocolate on both sides and dusted with macadamia fines. Served in serious slabs. 250g.