Thursday, June 10, 2010

5 Minute Bird Counts




We had an enjoyable 'cluster meeting' in the provinces of three Primary Science Teacher Fellows.
Kim from Hamilton came down and met up with Pat and Janet in Taranaki for a couple of days.
We visited Pat's workplace at DOC New Plymouth and looked out at Tupuae Marine Reserve from Back Beach then spent a morning doing 5 Minute Bird Counts from points around the lake at Rotokare.
We managed to hear and see lots of Paradise and Mallard ducks,fantails and silvereyes.
A highlight was hearing and actually seeing a secretive fernbird amongst the raupo.
Bryan from Hawera also joined us and many thanks to Kara for organising and accompanying us-what a large number of bird calls she could recognise!

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