Over the last few months I’ve often posted about the work being done in the West Matukituki Valley [home of Aspiring Hut] in Mt Aspiring National Park. Two of the key players are my old friends Stu and Heather Thorne, and I’m delighted here to repost an article by local journo Marjorie Cook of stuff.co.nz… Continue reading Robins flourish, dawn chorus returns to the Mt Aspiring National Park | Stuff.co.nz
Category: Endangered Species
An overview of efforts to encourage native bird population numbers between Mt Aspiring and Wanaka, New Zealand.
top: Members of the Matukituki Trust planning trapping operations at Aspiring Hut 10 days ago Many of you know that I’ve been involved with many others giving native bird populations a leg up via the Matukituki Trust for the last 4 or so years. Progress has been very steady and positive due a good base plan… Continue reading An overview of efforts to encourage native bird population numbers between Mt Aspiring and Wanaka, New Zealand.
Variations on the New Zealand parakeet / kākāriki
top: Red Crown NZ parakeet on Codfish Island, photo credit Maggie Evans There are five main species of kākāriki, and in a previous post about gains made in native bird populations I really only touched on the return of the yellow-crowned species to the West Matukituki valley in Mt Aspiring National Park. Now thanks to… Continue reading Variations on the New Zealand parakeet / kākāriki
Forest and Bird Kaki Conservation Field Trip
A great day was had by all at the Kaki Recovery Programme in Twizel on Saturday 5 November 2016. A field trip open to all was organised by Rachel Hufton, a Forest and Bird member to help raise the profile of Kaki; the rarest wading bird in the world and to improve awareness of braided… Continue reading Forest and Bird Kaki Conservation Field Trip
Lake Wanaka’s grebes
For a few years now the grebe, an endangered species, has been in the news regularly making a name for themselves nesting on floating nests tethered to the Wanaka Marina. The whole wonderful story of what is essentially eco restoration, with a decidedly lateral thinking twist can be had by going to the link below.… Continue reading Lake Wanaka’s grebes