Thread: Morepork

Had a pair fly into a hut once in the Whirinaki chasing big moths you couldn't hear them flying around absolutely silent. One flew out the other got confused and landed on my bunk and hid in the corner. I picked it up to put outside it was like handling a very soft furred cat. Amazing.

A little before xmas I was in the fire station appliance bay while the truck was taking a drive down the road. I watched a puriri moth fly into the light, just in front of the door, from the rear of the appliance bay and out of no where a morepork swooped in and grabbed it and was gone again. Assume it was one, that or a small owl I guess

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Originally Posted by smidey

A little before xmas I was in the fire station appliance bay while the truck was taking a drive down the road. I watched a puriri moth fly into the light, just in front of the door, from the rear of the appliance bay and out of no where a morepork swooped in and grabbed it and was gone again. Assume it was one, that or a small owl I guess

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We've been at Blue Duck at Whakahoro and they hand feed the Moreporks those big Puriri moths. Bugger would swoop down and grab it right out of his fingers as it flapped there.
Cool party trick after a few out on the deck overlooking the Whanganui river.

Originally Posted by Carpe Diem

We've been at Blue Duck at Whakahoro and they hand feed the Moreporks those big Puriri moths. Bugger would swoop down and grab it right out of his fingers as it flapped there.
Cool party trick after a few out on the deck overlooking the Whanganui river.

Does the phrase 'good as wood' sound familiar?

I'm just back from doing a bit of work for Dan. Good man good people. Always worth a visit.