Penny

Penny is a female Pennant-winged Nightjar. She arrived on Saturday morning with a badly broken wing. She has survived her first two nights with us which is a good sign. Feeding Penny is a bit difficult as she is an aerial feeder (ie catch food in flight). She has a very large mouth to accommodate this. We therefore (unfortunately) have to force feed her as she cannot feed on something that you place in her cage. She eats flying insects so we're catching moths, flying ants, etc for her. She is beautiful with the softest beak imaginable. Pierre and Henk strapped the broken wing and now we can only pray that she'll heal well enough to return to the wild.