New Zealand garden wildlife?
#18
Re: New Zealand garden wildlife?
Great pictures - thanks Rob! And I must ask, what is the big green thingy perched on someone's wrist???
Oystercatchers - fab! Love 'em!
Hubby will be delighted (NOT!) to hear that you have wood pigeons - he hates their noise!!!
I shall have to buy a good bird guide when we arrive!
JaneAS
Oystercatchers - fab! Love 'em!
Hubby will be delighted (NOT!) to hear that you have wood pigeons - he hates their noise!!!
I shall have to buy a good bird guide when we arrive!
JaneAS
#19
Re: New Zealand garden wildlife?
Great pictures - thanks Rob! And I must ask, what is the big green thingy perched on someone's wrist???
Oystercatchers - fab! Love 'em!
Hubby will be delighted (NOT!) to hear that you have wood pigeons - he hates their noise!!!
I shall have to buy a good bird guide when we arrive!
JaneAS
Oystercatchers - fab! Love 'em!
Hubby will be delighted (NOT!) to hear that you have wood pigeons - he hates their noise!!!
I shall have to buy a good bird guide when we arrive!
JaneAS
#21
Re: New Zealand garden wildlife?
Another one to try is Know Your New Zealand Birds...... ISBN 1-86966-089-7 www.newhollandpublishers.co.nz
#22
Re: New Zealand garden wildlife?
We have all the usual suspect birds as per Southerners list plus stick insects. Can't seem to find a bird seed that is popular among the little sods so have half bags of about 4 kinds Tui's, silvereyes and bellbirds like sugar syrup in pots in the trees. 14 tuis in the garden is the record up to now
#23
Re: New Zealand garden wildlife?
Great pictures - thanks Rob! And I must ask, what is the big green thingy perched on someone's wrist???
Oystercatchers - fab! Love 'em!
Hubby will be delighted (NOT!) to hear that you have wood pigeons - he hates their noise!!!
I shall have to buy a good bird guide when we arrive!
JaneAS
Oystercatchers - fab! Love 'em!
Hubby will be delighted (NOT!) to hear that you have wood pigeons - he hates their noise!!!
I shall have to buy a good bird guide when we arrive!
JaneAS
The pigeons are quite rare - they're a protected species too. You don't or hear see them that often where we live. They make an amaziing noise when flying - kind of a whoop whoop whoop - freaky when they go over your head and surprise you!
This shows how big they are:
More wildlife here:
http://www.pimpmyskoda.co.uk/clubley...e/Wildlife.htm
#24
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My mate was bitten 3 times by a weta last week,it had crawled into some tubing and he put his fingers in to lift it and.....whammmmo... chompy chompy swollen digit-time baby!
#25
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They can't half jump a long way!!