Now less common in many North Island forests: a kokako nest in 1992 after being attacked by a ship rat in Rotoehu Forest. The feathers suggest a scuffle between the sitting female and the rat. Video cameras often filmed female kokako refusing to leave their nests during harassment by ship rats. The rats usually remove enough egg shell to get access to the insides of each egg, leaving rough and jagged shell margins. They are phenomenal climbers and can reach any nest.
JOHN INNES
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Forest and Bird, Issue 282, 1 November 1996, Unnumbered Page
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84Now less common in many North Island forests: a kokako nest in 1992 after being attacked by a ship rat in Rotoehu Forest. The feathers suggest a scuffle between the sitting female and the rat. Video cameras often filmed female kokako refusing to leave their nests during harassment by ship rats. The rats usually remove enough egg shell to get access to the insides of each egg, leaving rough and jagged shell margins. They are phenomenal climbers and can reach any nest. JOHN INNES Forest and Bird, Issue 282, 1 November 1996, Unnumbered Page
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