New Zealand garden wildlife?
Jul 11th 2007, 2:03 am
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Re: New Zealand garden wildlife?
Oh yeah and there's the kereru - NZ pigeon. They're huge!
The last one's an oystercatcher - not in our garden!!
Jul 11th 2007, 4:25 am
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Pair of fantails in our garage.
Jul 11th 2007, 8:41 am
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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
Jul 11th 2007, 8:51 am
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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
Jul 11th 2007, 9:38 am
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Jul 11th 2007, 10:40 am
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Another one to try is Know Your New Zealand Birds...... ISBN 1-86966-089-7 www.newhollandpublishers.co.nz
Jul 11th 2007, 11:23 am
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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
Tui's, silvereyes and bellbirds like sugar syrup in pots in the trees. 14 tuis in the garden is the record up to now
Jul 12th 2007, 1:07 am
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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
Jul 12th 2007, 1:47 am
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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!
Jul 12th 2007, 2:56 am
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Re: New Zealand garden wildlife?
They can't half jump a long way!!
