Thread: Hurunui dead geese

Originally Posted by DylRuss

In the stream, halfway between lake and swing bridge

Guys its not really a stream
The North Branch of the Hurunui is pretty bloody big and you would struggle to walk across it even when low
So I doubt its a toxic build up because of slow moving water
She's a big river
Not an big angry river because it flows out of Lake Sumner which is like a huge buffer that flattens out floods

While the South Branch can blow out in only a few hours

I recall a very large kill of parries on a certain west coast farm a few years ago when a poison was set for a different critter. (Not 1080) it was hushed up.

Yes it’s a river but easily crossable. Pretty choked up with didymo but definitely a steady flow. From what I’ve seen and what I’ve read here I’d say it’s definitely poison.

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

facts 1080 thats about as far from facts as one could get - if you have facts from the Fand G picking on a lady and her kids fishing do share or we leave it in the 1080 to blame scenario

im not going to share with you as you seem to know it all anyhow .ever heard of privacy -BTW born and bred and this happened on my home turf! happy with that .as stug has stated F&Ghave no control over canadas and havent for some years a fact which you seem oblivious to.

Is it possible it could have been a lighting strike like they get overseas quite often?

https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the...on-our-borders


Could be a concern

Breathing can be bad for you too - good old media scaremongering

The conclusion was the no one gave a fuck. MPI said they were having trouble getting hold of the right person at doc.

Originally Posted by kotuku

im not going to share with you as you seem to know it all anyhow .ever heard of privacy -BTW born and bred and this happened on my home turf! happy with that .as stug has stated F&Ghave no control over canadas and havent for some years a fact which you seem oblivious to.

so you really don't know

Originally Posted by gimp

https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the...on-our-borders


Could be a concern

I very much doubt such a viris would kill a large mob all at once.
The poison I allude to will aftsr a lag time put birds to sleep and unless picked up and warmed they will die of exposure. If that happennex to those geese their heads would ddroop into the water and they would drown.

The grass grub pellets are also leathal to birds bright green all of 3mm across and often chucked in with fertilizer.i saw 6-8 dead geese on paddock after it had been used..,the "oh they must have flown into irrigator" didn't wash with me.

yes you are likely referring to alphachloralose commercially available for bird control not a toxin but rather an anesthetic - knocks bird out to be collected and disposed of - readily available - I have used it professionally not easy to use there are problems unless one really prepares beforehand - be surprised if that was the culprit - easy to get hold of - birds normally where the poison was laid not traveling somewhere else - cant fly after ingesting that stuff - but could be - there are other nasty home brewed recipes some cockys know of - one is a herbicide mixed with wheat or maize and laid out - very illegal- - flips birds up side down - maize sweetcorn and pea farmers in Gisborne used it to try and control paradise pigeons and pheasants - wont name the herbicide but deadly effective -

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

The grass grub pellets are also leathal to birds bright green all of 3mm across and often chucked in with fertilizer.i saw 6-8 dead geese on paddock after it had been used..,the "oh they must have flown into irrigator" didn't wash with me.

Diazinon granules for grass grub

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

so you really don't know

Dont drag me down to your level with your knowall attitude .conversation over .goodbye

Originally Posted by gimp

https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the...on-our-borders


Could be a concern

Just catching up on this thread and was about to suggest that Fish and Game and MPI would be very concerned about any reports of mass bird deaths at the moment

I buy poultry out of Australia and exports to our main markets have just been banned last week due to an outbreak of bird flu in Victoria

They have a level of confidence that these outbreaks could be linked to migrating birds from Antarctica, where there are reported mass deaths from bird flu currently

Not a lot stopping it reaching our shores if it can get to Aus