Thread: Proposed 1080 drop for Raukumara Urutawa and Waioweka

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Yes on the one hand trials but on the other flat denial that many birds are killed, this is the contradictory points I wished to hi-light. First hand on a property we owned, the entire Kea colony of 12 birds was wiped out. The Kakariki's also were killed.
At a guess Kea have a Matriarchal / Patriarchal flock structure that once upset destroys the colony to the extent that the old home range is not re-populated by surviving birds ?

https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK22...p-kea-safe.htm

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