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James Dale
Environment – NZ’s Angry Birds game
Pukeko are one of the most fascinating of our native fauna. Often unappreciated, these intelligent and charismatic birds are very easy to watch. Next time...
Environment – Winter songsters
Aotearoa New Zealand is famous for birdsong. The haunting music of the kōkako, the diverse harsh calls and whistles of the kākā, the piercing screams...
Environment – Tumbling tauhou
As winter approaches, our local birds shift to behavioural strategies that help them survive the coming seasonal challenges. Many kōtare (sacred kingfishers) move to coastal...
Environment – Essential pigeon post
In our garden, we are blessed with a medium sized karaka tree. This is a New Zealand endemic species that is relatively abundant around the...
Environment – The secret lives of tūi
Despite tūī being a common and iconic endemic species of Aotearoa New Zealand, we still have much to learn about the biology of this remarkable...
Environment – Fraught flight for 4BWRB
One of my favourite harbingers of spring on the Hibiscus Coast is the arrival of our bar-tailed godwits, or kuaka. Flocks of these magnificent shorebirds...
Environment – Killer kōtare
When we moved into our new home at Arkles Bay in 2015, I did not realise that our section was already occupied by another family....
Environment – Adopted or kidnapped?
Something very interesting is happening with a local pod of bottlenose dolphins. The pod has either adopted or kidnapped a calf of an entirely different...
Environment – The slater puzzle
The next time you are at the beach at low tide have a look in some of the little rock pools and you are likely...
Environment – Spoonbills are coming
Next time you are near a coastal mudflat or estuary, keep an eye out for giant white birds with long and bizarrely shaped beaks –...
