We have had discussion previously on this blog about what
tui nests look like. This has come about because of the increased number of tui
present in the gully and sighting of immature birds in late summer. The example
in this photo was found on a track in the Lake Rotoiti area after a storm. The
small bits of egg shell in the nest would suggest that the chicks had hatched
and probably left the nest prior to the nest being blown out of the tree.
Interestingly the number of tui sightings in the gully this
winter seems far greater than any other year both in individuals flying about and
numbers congregating in trees. Eleven tui were counted at one time in one tree
and eighteen in another.
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