Thread: Buller /Tasman biggest 1080 drop in history this spring

Anecdotal claims re: "there aren't any birds anymore" are not actually useful data. I personally spend a little bit of time in the bush occasionally and have been in plenty of areas that have seen extensive 1080 and have thriving birds populations. Hope River in South Westland for example. Abundant Kaka, Keas, pretty much every forest bird species. Robins observed there this year for the first time since control started in the 90s or so, when possums first made it there. Anecdotes are not useful data for decision making or monitoring outcomes.