Moonlighting with weka
WEKA-HUNTING central North Island conservation officers Ann and Basil Graeme joined Department of Conservation staff and members from Rotorua, Te Puke, Eastern BoP and Gisborne branches out under the stars on Mokoia Island and Matawai forest, north of Gisborne. Armed with compass, notebooks and taped weka Calls, they listened and recorded weka numbers as part of the Department of Conservation’s Project Weka (see February 1991 Forest & Bird). The survey will determine the size of the weka’s populations. The option of removing weka for captive breeding pro-. grammes can then be evaluated. With more than 70 , Wweka recorded, the signs
ook promising that the weka is still in relatively
good numbers in . some areas.
King Country branch chair- _ man Keith Chapple hosted the group for dinner and led an evening trip to the Kakahi glow worm grotto. The week ended with dinner at the Chateau. We are planning more of these natural history weeks so if you missed out this time be in early when the next one is advertised.
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Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 2, 1 May 1991, Page 11
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