Thread: Has 1080 by kill struck again

Hackwell, Forest & Bird, 3 News, Monday 19 Jan 2015:
“They are insectivorous birds....so they are not going to be interested in eating a 1080 bait”

the following quotes are from Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand – Te Ara

Rock wrens eat a variety of invertebrates, including beetles, spiders, flies, caterpillars and caddisflies. They also eat berries and grass seeds.

The rifleman and the alpine rock wren are the only remaining species of the ancient New Zealand wren family. Five other species – four of them flightless – were made extinct by introduced predators. Feral cats had wiped out the last Stephens Island wren by 1894. The most recent loss was the bush wren. Once widespread, its gradual disappearance went almost unnoticed. It was last seen around 1972.
Robins and tomtits have large heads, short necks, round bodies and an upright stance. They have short bristles around the bill. Robins have long legs, and are larger than tomtits. All are insectivorous. The oldest known bird lived 16 years, but their life expectancy is three years.

1080 poison is forst and foremost AN INSECTICIDE.
ROCK WREN EVOLVED IN SNOW, SURVIVE AND LIVE UNDER SNOW ALL WINTER AT HIGH ALTITUDE SO IT IS EXTREMELY UNLIKELY THAT A SNOWFALL WOULD KILL THEM--IMHO. They are known to be predated on by stoats. Stoats are carnivores and do not directly take 1080 baits. Any stoat deaths up there after a 1080 drop are more likely to be caused by the stoats eating poisoned rock wrens that have eaten crumbed baits or poisoned insects than by directly eating any baits.