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Harrier Hawk
I found this bird on the edge of the estuary – right beside a doc2000 tunnel - not a mark on it
Looks like it might have been poisoned – rodents get trapped or poisoned around here
I offered it to a local taxidermist – but he cant find anyone with a permit to have it processed
Its still in the freezer if anyone is interested
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Best to take it to DOC, they will be able to get it mounted for museum or educational purposes
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Take it to Taupo. You will get a bundle for it off the trout boys.
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That's a mighty fine looking hawk.
The fact that it is dead I mean.
They should be on the Pest Free 2050 list along with cats.
People who don't live in their (hawks) environment don't realise how destructive they are.
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Australasian harrier (harrier hawk) (Circus approximans) are a Schedule 3 bird (in the Wildlife Act ) and you can get permits to kill them. Very common.
If it were the NZ Falcon then DOC ay be interested. https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/birds/birds-a-z/nz-falcon-karearea/ . No one should knowingly shoot those.
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Yes totally different bird. Very cool, but also very menacing if they decide your chooks look tasty.
Also devastating on Wood Pigeons.
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I dropped a roadkill hawk off to DOC a few years ago. They were going to test it for brodifacoum to see if secondary poisoning was happening then give it to local iwi (maybe for feathers?)
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yes give it to DOC the feathers are given to Iwi for training in the making of cloaks etc
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Finally handed it over to a man from a Conservation Trust who is taking it back to DOC who will prepare paper work for an educational collection of native birds - I will eventually get pictures of the stuffed bird.