Mostly just stuff I am doing to help the planet
If I really care about biodiversity and 95% of described species are invertebrates then I am spending too much time with birds. Tho based on a talk I heard at the Zoological Society we don’t know how to look after them yet. The things we do to protect birds also help the insects (removing rodents and wasps).
I was absolutely stoked to work on this document. I have so much respect for the author and the team that put so much work into getting it right.
I made this sign for a restoration project I am involved in. The Hidden Valley I am not sure if it will go ahead now as the Selwyn School Plans to bulldoze down the native bush and build a… carpark. I think its interesting they didn’t have money to remove this hazordus waste from their creek but do have millions to cover it with asphalt.
I think I will get good results from this sign but I now want to change it. ‘Threatened with extinction’ and ‘conservation dependant’ is better (and more accurate) than endangered or rare. Also the council recently added ‘please don’t let your dog chase me away’ which I like. Full size here .
Because I know I have a predator I will not know if this technique works unless I still have eggs on the 17th of September.
Dropped some of to the Museum.
Three eggs from two Spur Wing Plover nests which each had 4 eggs
Collected from Alexandra Park -36.8908216, 174.779165 On the 24th August 2014
Three eggs from two Spur Wing Plover nests one had 3 eggs the other had 4 eggs
Eggs collected from both sites to protect neighbouring (nesting) NZ Dotterel.
Auckland has so much Biodiversity and is a really exciting place to do environmental work.
Great example of what you can bump into.
