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Another release into Rotokare Scenic Reserve Trust.
How many of these get shot at duck shooting season? Most of the duck shooters wouldn’t have a clue.
Great to see people are finally getting the picture on cats in our environment, every release site of pateke all go through a massive learning curve on the negative impacts of cats on pateke. They are an under estimated predator, that are hugely under estimated on there impact to our native wildlife. They can also be extremely difficult to eradicate. Don't get me wrong, we all love pet cats, but like all pets, the owner has a responsibility to keep them on their own property, if everyone did that, we wouldn't have a problem.
The cat conundrum in making NZ Predator Free, new research
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One of the trickiest but most significant predators that many conservation organisations deal with is cats. Predator Free NZ carried out an independent study public perceptions relating to cats and fo...Nothing to do with pateke, but is nice to see wetlands being created rather than destroyed. Would be great to see more economically marginal farming paddocks reverted back into natural wetlands.
Awesome pic from the last months release into the Arthur Valley (Fiordland).A very successful release!
It makes us immensely proud to play a role in helping restore our native bird populations.
Release days, like this one a few weeks back, are very special to us and a great reminder of why we do the work we do.
Totally beautiful place to visit, but also highlights why you can't trap all predators and why 1080 is such an important tool in the conservation toolbox. They have an extensive trapping program but still need to do pulse 1080 every few years to knock down the stoats over the larger area. The difference is 70 - 90% pateke survival 12 months post release, vs 12% pateke survival 12 months post release when their was a gap of 4 years of no 1080 (purely trapping).
It's not often we look up the records of previously released birds, but every now and then we get a nice surprise.This week we heard some great news! A pāteke female hatched at the Kiwi House was found to have lived to the ripe old age of 12 years old! This female was released to live in the wild on Urupukapuka Island in August 2012. The average survival rate for wild Pāteke is around 6 years. This female has lived twice as long and hopefully produced quite a few ducklings!
'Project Island Song' is a collaboration between a community group, 'Guardians of the Bay of Islands', Te Rāwhiti hapū, and the Department of Conservation. Together they have maintained 7 islands in the Bay of Islands, including Urupukapuka as pest-free. This has created a sanctuary for species like pāteke to rebuild populations. Thanks to these people's hard work our pāteke has lived a great and long life!
Find out more about the pāteke recovery programme and how to help: projectislandsong.co.nz
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