Thread: Kiwis in the kaimais

Originally Posted by Chur Bay

A lot of people mistake morepork calls for Kiwi in my experience.

Not quite sure how you could do that? More pork is a classic sound and kiwi seem to scream their heads off?

Originally Posted by Sideshow

Yep didn’t exactly drive down on Friday........as I live in the uk......me Dad lives out on the plains
Just left the car at the car park.
Once you get to the top it’s fairly easy going. Takes around another 1.5 till you hit the old clay roads on the other side.
Once you pass the north south track junction there’s not a lot of sign of people.
When I’m next up there I’d walk to around the k in track to the left of the green way marker.
Your still in the native and out of the regen.

No wasn’t moreporks aka bacon birds.
Definitely kiwis, have a recording on me phone which I then played down Stewart Island a few weeks later got a reply from some across the bay.
Must have confused the crap out of his southern cousin

Yeah it's pretty flat on the top.

That's awesome! Did you see one during the day?

I saw 7 kiwi during the daytime while tramping on Stewart Island. The noise they make at night is horrendous!
I have heard one at night in the Whareorino forest in the King Country.

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

Not quite sure how you could do that? More pork is a classic sound and kiwi seem to scream their heads off?



Yeah it's pretty flat on the top.

That's awesome! Did you see one during the day?

Ruru dont just make the classic who who sound

Originally Posted by Gibo

Ruru dont just make the classic who who sound

Ah ok. Now I am questioning the bird so heard!

Originally Posted by Chur Bay

A lot of people mistake morepork calls for Kiwi in my experience.

Guilty!

I've
camped near the Blade and have heard them at night

Originally Posted by Gutty

I've
camped near the Blade and have heard them at night

I will have a look at that then. Be really cool to hear them

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

Not quite sure how you could do that? More pork is a classic sound and kiwi seem to scream their heads off?



Yeah it's pretty flat on the top.

That's awesome! Did you see one during the day?

Do you mean in the Kaimais (No stopped calling around 4,30 as it started to get light). On the island yep, quite typical there.

Morepork | New Zealand Birds Online
Here’s the yelp call it’s the last one there on the right with sounds, calls at night Westland.

Aha, my old stamping ground - the clay saddle ! Wish I was there. Swap ya @Sideshow !

Here are recordings of Kiwi calls.
To be fair, you do hear a lot of interesting bird noises in the bush at night and I couldn't swear I haven't heard kiwi...

Year @Bagheera there was a good number of deer in their too!