Photo 1309417, (c) Tony Wills, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Wills

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Associated observations

Photos / Sounds

What

Little Spotted Kiwi (Apteryx owenii)

Observer

tony_wills

Date

March 2014

Description

At night, a kiwi calling, then its mate replying - heard but not seen. The kiwi have been reintroduced to the area after being locally extinct for decades. They are free to roam, feed, breed etc without human intervention, but are surrounded by a fence to protect them from introduced predators. The fence is not designed to keep them in (and other flighted birds reintroduced to the sanctuary come and go as they please), but as kiwi can't fly none have left the area!

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