Thread: Intruder in my garage.

Wee piwakawaka - they pop in to the house from time to time, check the place for spiders etc then flit back out the door. According to maori custom the fantail coming into house presages a death or something. Never has though.. Delightful. Also had a bellbird in the trees here recently - beautiful song. Both very welcome little visitors.

Originally Posted by mudgripz

Wee piwakawaka - they pop in to the house from time to time, check the place for spiders etc then flit back out the door. According to maori custom the fantail coming into house presages a death or something. Never has though.. Delightful. Also had a bellbird in the trees here recently - beautiful song. Both very welcome little visitors.

Ive always thought it was more likely the wee fellas popped into whare AFTER someone had died....the week at home before being buried would tend to attract flies which may attract wee fantails????
funniest interaction with them was 30 plus years ago when we had one of those cicada years,there was that many of them you nearly needed earmuffs outside...the birdlife was fantastic all scoffing big far green cicadas...seeing fantail dealing with them was hilarious as cicada were so big they had to peck them to bits....

Originally Posted by mudgripz

Wee piwakawaka - they pop in to the house from time to time, check the place for spiders etc then flit back out the door. According to maori custom the fantail coming into house presages a death or something. Never has though.. Delightful. Also had a bellbird in the trees here recently - beautiful song. Both very welcome little visitors.

We have noticed we hardly see a piwakawaka around here lately but have a heap of tuis hanging around -which we rarely used to see here.