Time-lapse video provides an unmistakable identification of night time predators at forest nests. The extraordinary discovery that possums eat kokako eggs, chicks, and probably adults has caused a re-examination of historical correlations between the spread of possums and the decline of kokako. Here, at a kokako nest in Rotoehu Forest, is the first filmed possum predation sequence on a forest bird nest in New Zealand.
JOHN INNES
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Forest and Bird, Issue 282, 1 November 1996, Page 17
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67Time-lapse video provides an unmistakable identification of night time predators at forest nests. The extraordinary discovery that possums eat kokako eggs, chicks, and probably adults has caused a re-examination of historical correlations between the spread of possums and the decline of kokako. Here, at a kokako nest in Rotoehu Forest, is the first filmed possum predation sequence on a forest bird nest in New Zealand. JOHN INNES Forest and Bird, Issue 282, 1 November 1996, Page 17
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