MAGPIES WORRY TUIS
SEVERAL COMPLAINTS It was mentioned at a recent meeting of the executive of the Forest and Bird Protection Society that magpies persistently worried tuis in Wilton's Bush (the Wellington Municipality's reserve of native forest in the Wadcslown Valley). Mrs Knox Gilmer said that magpies also persecuted tuis in her garden at Te Marua in the Hutt Valley. When food was put out for those beautiful singers and other welcome visitors, such as white-eves, the greedy magpies swooped in. It was necessary to stand guard and drive the intruders away. Otherwise the marauders would gobble up the whole of the feast.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BPB19391020.2.6
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 77, 20 October 1939, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
103MAGPIES WORRY TUIS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 77, 20 October 1939, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Beacon Printing and Publishing Company is the copyright owner for the Bay of Plenty Beacon. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Beacon Printing and Publishing Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in