On a recent trip to Invercargill to
attend the Wetland Symposium this photo of Kahikatea was taken in an area just
south of the city, about Hamilton to Gordonton in distance. A close inspection
had to be made to be satisfied that they were actually Kahikatea. The area is interesting in that it has a high population of Kereru,
Native Pigeon. There are so many that there are road signs warning traffic of “Low
Flying Kereru” and there is a person in
the area that specializes in nursing
them back to health if they survive a hit. There was no information as to
whether the Kereru population is level, declining or increasing but it was
obvious that there was a health population.
It has to be asked, if they are successfully
surviving in that ecosystem why not in Hamilton.
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