Thread: Time to re-introduce a paying for deer/goat tail scheme?

Originally Posted by LA3LOW

Pretty awesome that your sister has Kaka visiting her farm, shame that they beat her to the fruit but that's life, eh.

Those flappy birds sure do fly (and far) but when elevated lead is also being found in fledglings and juveniles (less than 1 year old) who are unlikely to have ventured far from the nest, it suggests looking for sources closer to home.

Lead isotope testing was undertaken using a variety of OTC ammo. Lead isotope signatures were found to differ between ammo and building flashing due to the source or origin USA, Australia, China etc.

There is correlation between the lead isotopes found in ammo and those found in Kea blood samples.

Personally, I have found the Naturalis Belmont ammo to be just as effective in 7-08. Would be good if they could also get a 140gr projectile so my POA stays the same as when using cheaper lead rounds in areas where scavenging birds aren't present.

Can you provide links to scientific ( peer reviewed ) literature regarding lead isotope testing in NZ kea? Otherwise I call bullshit on your statements. How many bullets do you think are dispersed over Kea habitat ffs.