Thread: Pukeko legal or not?

Pukes seem to have a bad rep - I saw a pic of one flying with a duckling - but I have never seen them put a foot wrong - I reckon they are a lovely bird
Plenty of them on the estuary down the end of our street so I watch them a lot while walking the dog
Parries and Canadas don’t seem to care about them even when they have ducklings a few days old - the pukes never worry the young ducklings
Stilts seem to be a bit aggressive at present - but maybe they have chicks nearby
Maybe you have to take them as you find them but why shoot them for the sake of what someone else said





this looks fairly peaceful and that Puke walked right past that Parrie with her young