NATIVE BIRDS.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 December 1924, Page 4

NATIVE BIRDS.

KAK \S I’I.KNTi FPL. IXYFIM AKCII.L. I'd eiiiher 2. Wit f, ii,,.. n;;. ••«•!» lit < ivili -Mtioii it u;»s l m*v 1 t •! t li:i t ;»s tin* foUi*t!'\ <!<‘iii:(L*(i 1)1 its liu-.il tin* n:i t i vi* l'ini* uliidi *!n* 'M '-v nimni‘l" mi sji.aild he -1-adily driven hark to tin Imin 11l a i neats i.eeiinti*. "I I* inrellalid, u here enemies are I. Wer and toed r more i.l-iitittll. In hit,' veal's the -e.m linn ..| sea: ,*i i y oi X. w /.ea la Mel's native hi ids has I,,'cn 'leielered. ami an e:lep avoin has heeii mml, !:.v means ol T*: • lin meiit arv eerdinaie es ami the pio \i- ion . i -in' a hie salict nai i"x in s:,\ i jl.iae e'\| i llet ie ill the* I'. 1 »'i Cll \' I h.V iII*I 11 11 P s i |,ai mu ,• vei e - a l.imih i'. I hi: heeWeVel , native' htl'ds seem to be ~~a ■ nearer ( n liisatio'i lin o th, y j have ,|,nl.' eluvi,,;.. h"e " IMS. He.eks ~1 | h',|. .1 S 1 1.1 e . !e. II sol'll ill l 111 hn~|| oil : tee. i'.a ' lev vein ~ ‘ "i'li"eli hemp j 11 111 Ih, -. h ..." I : tint -d I" Ih" main j hind Com n I hi lid * The I llletn

lile m ihe iitiiiiedmie vninity "I vcrcarpill this season is the op.imin Air C. F. .I a • 111 i<• iy . who is a keen si dent of tlie native fauna and llora. “ Kakas have heen (otiiiii;; into t town and its vicinily at odd tin lately." said .Mr dauuicry. "and a an odd pipeott or two. (hie or l kakas have heen eoinilt;'. no the W

Impai reserve I'm a year or two past, and for thill ieas.ln I am hopinp to have it declared a sain t nary. I’arra. keels also were seen there a couple ol veins non. llicr day ,|uite a nuinher of prey ducks "ere noticed hid ween Invert arjiill and (one. ouiie close to the railway line. Kiver pulls also have heen reported to he present in the eastern districts. A resident of (Mudstone found u knkn al his place Ihe other day. and then a paradise duck arrived "ith a dozen voniip ones. Kakas also are renorted liom Air K. A. Anderson's residenee at Vieloria Park. The sooner local hush areas ate <!,"• (•hiroil a sanctuary the heller. People

should know iliat il i.- an (dl'eiloe to shout tlieso bird:;." Mr Leslie, .M.tirrell. ot AI mini conn, stated in respect, to native Idl'd liie lit ill" Sounds that ii was no douhl correct that a pleat many ol t! • kal.as that had nope.trod lately nil tile mainland had '(line Innn Stewart Island, as lids iva, pra-tiei'.lly the home of ihe hai,as. There was ~111 v of l.aek eiinntrv on ill" ishimi in which the birds eon!,l hived and multiply. "Then.' is no douhl.” remarked Air .Murrell, "that a mnnher of our native birds have disapi'eatvd. Kitd di-eases -introduced prohahlv hy imporit'd hirds—mid ii'eii'.'l, mid steals witho'.iL doubt have I .ft* : i th" mam reason lor tin- iiisapjiearanee ol such hirits as the native thrush, lor instance. | reirret I" say that stoats ami weasel: are only too oil.m met "ith in Fiordland. Their murks enlist ant iy ism he seen, iuileul, AI ana jioui i one day. It. is really Inalveil, ell. s he.'.v they pet ililoUp.ll this rouph eoiin l l y. haviitp to t ravel hulls dreds of mile's tlirotipdi tortuous niotintinolis area". The lerivl is too lup» and ia/.y 1,, taekle a iourney lik" tltal. "I think the "nod lien iiitlhl he lie I'limaii d very ''.ill in the AYaihiumi re; I've," said Mr .Mui'rell. "ihe parli at San Frauen.,, is overrun with "nod hens. They have (lone remarkahly well il'eiv. Tile weh.i "i ll pive a lei'n : tussle and two ol them "il! finish "II lei'i'et ur a weasel all lipht."