Duckling (Postscript)

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Actively supporting NZ’s endangered wetland birds

Just a short update to the previous duckling post... after a visit to check on them this evening mum had moved her brood  onto an island in the centre of the wetland. It soon became apparent why, when a pukeko came out of the blackberry and she came up to 'red alert'. The pukeko will stalk her brood and with ten and on her own, its unlikely that she will be able to defend them all. 

Parera-cross female eyeballing a pukeko (brood tucked beneath her). June 13 4pm 

The good news however, is that she seems an experienced parent and has shown plenty of nous in getting them out to this redoubt and keeping her weather eye on the pukeko. This isnt the first time she's been through this charade. 

Though we shouldnt be reporting this kind of activity until September and then some.