Thread: Swallows and Climate.

That's some heavy music for that time in the morning. first time I've felt sorry for swallow.

Originally Posted by gmm

Thats good to hear, good numbers, thanks for the info. I'm just out of Maunu seen plenty of other strange birds like Kookaburras and for years would see bats in the evening, however with more housing they seemed to have moved their range as only see them 3-4 times a year now. Cheers

I was a trapper for Pukenui for a while and culler in there before that. Only at the end of that time did one turn up. The odd one heard since. Funny you should say about the kookabura. I saw a couple over at Amalyn Dr on the far side of the bush from maunu. There's pretty good numbers of Kaka at the heads. They seem to like certain spots as you head for town. Harbour side of Mt tiger you often see them. They will spread as the pop is only growing. Noisy pricks at night tho.

Originally Posted by Gamehunter

They're a pain in the arse in the carport.
Shit over everything.
I line them up on the clothesline with quail shot.
Above the tractor I use 12ga at night packed with rice so not to make holes in roof iron.

just use dragonbreath, that wont go thru

More Tui's I'V seen in Southland for many years , and the Cuckoo's from Samoa have arrived early .

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

We have one of those big boom box things on a bracket in our dairy shed and I took it down the other day to get to some wiring in behind it and the wee buggers had built a nest in behind it so they obviously don't mind being vibrated around listening to Sub Focus at full volume at 4 in the morning haha

They continuously nest under the roof at the range, in front of the muzzles of course, can't imagine the state of their hearing

Originally Posted by gmm

I just had a Kaka land at my place, just out of Whangarei first I have seen one in over 20 years. Cool to see and I hope it's a sign of an increasing population. I know there are a few isolated pockets of them on the northland mainland, and they are on the islands of the Hen and Chicks. Made my day.

Oh dear...they are very good at taking tops out of trees...ring barking Douglas first etc... the ones established in fenced reserve in Waikato have been causing havoc for miles around.

Wee swallow/swift birds stay in Geraldine all year,often find dead ones after really cold night. Was a heap of then around the sheds of my last work place..guess it's big eaves were somehow warm enough for them. I miss seeing tui.

I will put up with swallowing being messy - they are flying insect traps with a voracious appetite.

Originally Posted by Bol Tackshin

I will put up with swallowing being messy - they are flying insect traps with a voracious appetite.

Swallowing isn't messy. Spitting is

Originally Posted by gonetropo

Swallowing isn't messy. Spitting is

Autocorrect strikes in the worst possible way!

I have two customers where swallows are prolific. One in Takapau has thousands roosting there at night.
The other is on Omahu Rd. Never had swallows there in the past. Both sites are smothered in shite. They're a filthy pest imo.
Supposedly Gabrielle has made them relocate. I couldn't say for sure but the timing aligns.
The amount of poo is so bad it has become a H&S issue for us.

I finally had enough of all the mess on the deck and dive bombing the kids. After some reading and trial & error, the great yellow tennis ball positioned where the Swallows were nesting has worked great. Little buggers don't like it one little bit.

Neat little birds, but, not so neat when they are sh#tting everywhere!!

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Not sure whats up with the swallows @grandpamac but down here in CHB the shining cuckoos have arrived about 2 weeks earlier than normal. Parries mucking around in some places attempting to nest right on the rivers edge. Think we could be in for an extended dry period although I hope not.

I've seen spoonbills in little shoal bay and black swans in the harbour... (Auckland Harbour Bridge and environs)