Tea for the Tui

Description

Birds add an immeasurable element of life, movement and colour to your garden. Tea for the Tui has 35+ recipes providing the ideal way of not only tempting them to pay a visit. It also ensures that they stay healthy all year round, particularly during winter.

The recipes feature inexpensive everyday items from the pantry and involve a minimum of fuss, making the preparation an enjoyable activity to share with friends and family. They cater to both native and introduced birds, from tui (of course) and silvereye to thrushes, finches and blackbirds. And if you want to learn more about birds and their conservation in New Zealand, a short directory of contacts at the back of the book will point you in the right direction.

Since 1991 Rosemary Tully has run Whakatane Bird Rescue from her home in the Bay of Plenty. She has been caring for sick, injured and orphaned kiwi, weka, dotterels and New Zealand falcons, among others. She freely admits to having personally tasted some of the Tea for the Tui recipes!