Paradise shelducks and the Christchurch Red Zone along the Avon River.

All my posts from 14 May 2016 are a reverse trip for observations on where Paradise Shelducks are along the Avon River. This was to see how close pairs were to each other. After making the initial trip on 8 May 2016 I reversed the trip a week later. The second day was to see how far or if any moved along the river or into the Red Zone grassed areas during that time. Unfortunately I did not have a memory stick in my camera from the first day so hence why there are no observations placed for May 8, 2016. Although I can tell you that there were two extra pairs I found on the second day of observations, and that there were pairs in close proximity to where they had been observed on May 8 on May 14.

The extra pairs were the pair at the Armagh St boat shed, and a pair near Retreat Road. The group of four females and one male were in a similar area to May 8 that had a group of three adult females and one adult male with four juveniles.

Posted on October 15, 2016 03:03 AM by pagreer