Thread: Whataroa kea

The problem with "eradicating" possums from an area using 1080 is that it also eradicates a whole a shit tonne of other species at the same time, its indescriminate and DOC is kidding themselves by thinking anything other than that.
I haven't read up on this latest drop but from what I understand they are attempting to encourage Kea to stay on the tops and feed from carcasses whilst the drop goes on?
Kea by their very nature are inquisitive creatures and they also travel vast distances seemingly out of pure curiosity, it's a joke to think that they're not going to pick up baits based solely on the assumption that there's plenty of dead tahr laying about for them to feed on, I have found a Kea nest before and it was quite comical the amount of random objects the cheeky buggers had stashed there, 1 308 case, a couple of plastic spoons, bits of string, and all manner of trinkets they had pinched on their travels, if their are baits laying about, they will at least pick them up if not eat them then and there not to mention probably having a bit of a poke around any dead possums they find also. What is also amazing in that area is just how high up above the bushline possums can be found