Activity 1: Curious Kiwi, a native New Zealand bird, is your tour guide for today. He is going to take you to visit the Otorohanga Kiwi House and Native Bird Park where many of his aunties and uncles currently live. The bird park is a five hour drive from Dargaville so you hit the road right after breakfast and arrive in Otorohanga at lunch time. As you walk through the birdhouse you learn about the work being done to conserve and protect the native birds of New Zealand. Let’s imagine that you decide to help out by ‘adopting’ a native animal. Visit the Adopt a Critter page on the Otorohanga bird house website to choose one animal to ‘adopt.’ On your blog, tell us the name of the animal that you chose and a little bit about them. What kind of animal are they? What do they eat? Where do they normally live? You can use Google to help you with your research.
If I had to adpot an native animal I would adopt the Kereru.
Kererus are very beautiful.Their body is covered with the colours of a purple colour that looks like fruit burst and dark green.
Kereru is a type of bird.
They eat rats, stoats, cats and possums.
They normally live in New Zealand and are only found in New Zealand and only found in the forest of Northland, the King country, Nelson and the West Coast.
Kereru is a type of bird.
They eat rats, stoats, cats and possums.
They normally live in New Zealand and are only found in New Zealand and only found in the forest of Northland, the King country, Nelson and the West Coast.
Kia ora Fiapo,
ReplyDeleteAlthough I see from your post that Kereru typically live in Northland, King Country, and the south island I actually saw one in my backyard in Titirangi (west Auckland) a few months ago. Have you ever seen a Kereru flying around in your neighbourhood?
Perhaps the Kereru I saw was on the way from Northland to the south island...
Cheers,
Rachel