Great news about the Kokako.
"Ten North Island kokako embarked on their longest flights this week.
After their long journey south, it took less than a minute for the kokako to disappear into the dense bush of Secretary Island in Doubtful Sound on Wednesday."
DOC Te Anau area manager Reg Kemper said it was a historic move, introducing kokako back to the South Island.
Doubtful Sound would soon echo with the kokako's haunting "dawn chorus"."
Good work DOC and all involved.
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Sunday, October 4, 2009
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Kokako - coming back
Great news about the Kokako. I have never heard one in the wild but their call is so beautiful.
"The haunting notes of a New Zealand songbird that almost became extinct are once again being heard in Auckland’s Waitakere ranges.
Kokakos disappeared from the ranges sixty years ago, but today two of the birds were released into the bush and more will be introduced over the next two years.
DOC had brought the two birds from the forests of the central North Island, and the people of those forests were there to welcome them.
“Today the ranges have come alive again, to the melody and the swift movement and flight of the kokako, that will bless the Waitakeres for the next thousand years,” said Eru Thompson."
Only 750 pairs of kokakos remain in the North Island, but DOC aims to have around a thousand breeding pairs established by the year 2020."
Well done and thanks to all who participated.
"The haunting notes of a New Zealand songbird that almost became extinct are once again being heard in Auckland’s Waitakere ranges.
Kokakos disappeared from the ranges sixty years ago, but today two of the birds were released into the bush and more will be introduced over the next two years.
DOC had brought the two birds from the forests of the central North Island, and the people of those forests were there to welcome them.
“Today the ranges have come alive again, to the melody and the swift movement and flight of the kokako, that will bless the Waitakeres for the next thousand years,” said Eru Thompson."
Only 750 pairs of kokakos remain in the North Island, but DOC aims to have around a thousand breeding pairs established by the year 2020."
Well done and thanks to all who participated.
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