Andrew:Weka Bird
Hello, here is another bird info post. Today, I am writing about the New Zealand Weka. This bird is a flightless and large bird. They don`t seem to mind human activity and love pecking around your backpack looking for food. They are however very annoying to farmers who hate seeing their precious food being trampled and stolen in front of their very own eyes. However, I think they are very cute.
They are a member of the Rail family of birds. The ones from Stewart Island are usually very strong chestnut brown but they still act the same funny, peckish way. They are usually around the south side of New Zealand, and are rare in the north island.
They eat whatever they can get their hands on (or feet on, for that matter) and don`t mind it, though their natural diet is made up of fruit, invertebrates and some small animals. But they have been known to kill and eat stoats and west land petrels.
We saw this one at Ulva Island bird sanctuary where they swam at the beach with us (and also did a check through my sister`s backpack).
So there is a New Zealand Weka for you.
I took these photos at Boulder Beach.
They are a member of the Rail family of birds. The ones from Stewart Island are usually very strong chestnut brown but they still act the same funny, peckish way. They are usually around the south side of New Zealand, and are rare in the north island.
They eat whatever they can get their hands on (or feet on, for that matter) and don`t mind it, though their natural diet is made up of fruit, invertebrates and some small animals. But they have been known to kill and eat stoats and west land petrels.
We saw this one at Ulva Island bird sanctuary where they swam at the beach with us (and also did a check through my sister`s backpack).
So there is a New Zealand Weka for you.
I took these photos at Boulder Beach.
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