After Sylvia Durrant lost her husband she began caring for sick and injured birds, primarily penguins but also a range of other native NZ birds such as seagulls, hawks, owls and kereru (wood pigeons).  

The penguins that she cares for usually end up wandering around in the suburbs of Auckland's North Shore as the result of an injury or starvation. Sylvia is well established as the go-to person when someone finds a penguin in distress.  Sylvia and her volunteers spend many hours each day feeding, cleaning and caring for the penguins and other birds.