rooks in Taupo

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Maybe, but i don't like your chances of importing a new species.
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Haha, we shall just 'encourage' some vagrants.
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andrewcrossland wrote:a little flock of pinioned Rook hanging around the lighthouse lawn, competing with Takahe for chips and sandwiches. Another "wow factor" bird to draw in the school kids and day trippers Tiritiri and Tawharanui??!!
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Saw A Rook again today driving in to Taupo over control gates bridge (Waikato river) same spot the huge gum trees opposite the Countdown.... This time a little more interesting as it was carrying a stick in its beak......
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fras444 wrote:Saw A Rook again today driving in to Taupo over control gates bridge (Waikato river) same spot the huge gum trees opposite the Countdown.... This time a little more interesting as it was carrying a stick in its beak......
oh no, they are arming themselves now! :shock:
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NOOOOOOOOOOO
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Was down at the Ferrybank (central Hamilton) around midday yesterday to watch the rowing (in a very close race Waikato Uni was beaten into third by Harvard and Cambridge), and there was a solitary rook high in the trees above. At least I presume it was a rook, too far away to get a really clear look, and it didn't call. It didn't hang around, and I didn't see where it flew to.
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Apologies in advance, but the Rook was watching just so he could crow about it.
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now you're just raven
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