Thread: Birds

A fatty I spotted in the bush on Saturday:

Kereru by Ben, on Flickr

Kereru by Ben, on Flickr

Hope it stays fat and that bro doesn't find it

Kea by Nick Moss, on Flickr
Kea by Nick Moss, on Flickr
P1030093 by Nick Moss, on Flickr
Blue Duck (Whio) by Nick Moss, on Flickr
NZ Pipit by Nick Moss, on Flickr
Yellow Crowned Parakeet by Nick Moss, on Flickr
North Island Robin by Nick Moss, on Flickr
NZ Pipit by Nick Moss, on Flickr

The birds seem pretty happy - about 30 in that family - sorry a crap SX260 camera - 20x at about 80m
Also saw a few chooks and roosters during the day - shows the benefits of reduced predator numbers - but there was a cat and her family round there a few weeks back that I can’t catch her

I don’t see a lot of exotic birds - but if it has feathers - I can’t resist taking a few pictures
I love the Kingfisher and the way they operate - especially round nesting season
I was checking a trap line yesterday and went past a pond of water - he was sitting in a manuka above the water and we looked at each other for about ten minutes - he wasn’t going anywhere
About 10m and close to 20x on my SX260 that is always on my belt - I need to upgrade but it must be very compact

Kingfishers are awesome. Don't see many down here.

The second is great!

Feeding the waxeyes some milk.

Something a little different,quite rare actually.

Just to add,
The above albino Weka was last seen with one normal coloured chick and one white one. However, despite notifying DOC of this unique mother and her white chick they just were not interested. The birds area was poisoned and the rare birds have not been seen since. This was the third confirmed sighting of a true Albino Weka in NZ.
I was somewhat gob smacked that DOC didn't give a toss.

Where abouts roughly did you see it mate? We have thousands of the bastards all over our district. I have never seen a white one.

It would make a good mount for the Dundee lounge😆



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Originally Posted by doinit

Just to add,
The above albino Weka was last seen with one normal coloured chick and one white one. However, despite notifying DOC of this unique mother and her white chick they just were not interested. The birds area was poisoned and the rare birds have not been seen since. This was the third confirmed sighting of a true Albino Weka in NZ.
I was somewhat gob smacked that DOC didn't give a toss.

Imagine the uproar if the deer stalkers ass had shot it . It's like the school boy who cleaned up the kea with a stone throw , he got on a power of shit . The thing was it wasn't long after doc killed 40% of the okareto ( spelling) kea .

Originally Posted by R93

Where abouts roughly did you see it mate? We have thousands of the bastards all over our district. I have never seen a white one.

It would make a good mount for the Dundee lounge😆



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Yeah,were large numbers at my last abode mate,untill the drops became more frequent. I spent a lot of time chasing the Albino's movements,only one I've seen in my life time.
It was first seen on the Karamea Bluff, fifteen minutes from home at the time.
What really pissed me off was that DOC could have caught the Albino real easy and at least relocated it and the chick,pricks.

Here in Nelson the Weka is making a real come back in suburbia where they obviously are not poisoned, in the bush not so much.
I am right in town now but across the street is a very small block of gorse and old mans beard etc and I often watch a family of weka and a black cat and a tabby cat that hunt the area any evening its not raining heavily.
Weka seam to hold their own against cats just fine.

Originally Posted by GravelBen

A fatty I spotted in the bush on Saturday:

Kereru by Ben, on Flickr

Kereru by Ben, on Flickr

Fabulous pictures GravelBen

I saw this in the BOP Times yesterday - Citizen Scientists asked to spot the Kereru from this Saturday to next Sunday - 14,000 Kereru spotted last year -
Great Kereru Count 2015 | Kereru Discovery