rooks
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rooks
Saw a group of 6 rooks yesterday on a trip from napier to wairoa,they were at the end of the new matahoura gorge bypass and there were some large walnut trees which may have been the reason they were there?the nuts have just started dropping and rooks have a penchant for them.Not a big deal to me to see a rook but thinking about it afterwards its the first ones I have seen for quite a while and living in Hawkesbay it used to be a common thing to see these birds all around here.
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Re: rooks
Hi Les
The reason they are so few and far between in HB is that the HBRC have culled a lot of them.
here is a link to their page
https://www.hbrc.govt.nz/environment/pe ... sts/rooks/
Cheryl
The reason they are so few and far between in HB is that the HBRC have culled a lot of them.
here is a link to their page
https://www.hbrc.govt.nz/environment/pe ... sts/rooks/
Cheryl
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Re: rooks
That's not good! I was wondering whether COVID-19 would interfere with eradication efforts.
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Re: rooks
It is a pity that people post these sightings which give regional councils info. to target a very intelligent, mainly harmless species that doesn't warrant such eradication. Magpies are also introduced and in large numbers in some areas where they have a nasty effect on native birds, but because they don't affect crops we don't eradicate them. I think this is entirely wrong.