Local Wildlife
When we first moved into the house, there was some crazy bird with a call that went on and on - no idea what it was. Then for the last month we’ve had a fantail (or piwakawaka) flitting around in the garden - it eats flying insects, so maybe we’ll have fewer mosquitos! Then in the past week, we’ve had a tui in the tree! (no, not the beer!) Tuis make a huge variety of sounds - quite astonishing!
We’ve seen hedgehogs a few times at night as Cindy has written about on her blog. Just the other day, as I arrived home from work, Cindy and Max were following one up our driveway! Very cute, toddling along on his little feet. We escorted him safely across the street, and off into the bushes. (They don’t move very fast, and are not frightened, so unfortunetly become roadkill far too easily.) They are not a native species, and have caused problems, but not nearly the devastation to native birds that other invasive species ( stoats, cats, possums) have done. Still cute though.