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New Zealand 2014 - Otorohanga Kiwi House & Native Birds
3. New Zealand 2014 Movie - Otorohanga Kiwi House & Native Birds
Soundtrack : Walt Disney - Birds In The Spring
Movie shot with : Sony Cybershot DSC-WX7
Edited with : Powerdirector 12
New Zealand 2014 Movie PAL 1280x720 50p 24mbps
Otorohanga Kiwi House & Native Bird Park
The Otorohanga Kiwi House & Native Bird Park has been breeding Kiwi since 1971. The not-for-profit wildlife park displays Kiwi birds all day in special nocturnal houses. And it breeds rare and endangered native New Zealand wildlife.
Otorohanga Kiwi House and Native Bird Park
The Otorohanga Kiwi House & Native Bird Park has been breeding Kiwi since 1971. The not-for-profit wildlife park displays Kiwi birds all day in special nocturnal houses. And it breeds rare and endangered native New Zealand wildlife.
Otorohanga Kiwi House Running Kiwi Video
Here's the Otorohanga Kiwi House version of the 'Running Man' Challenge featuring New Zealand's unique wildlife.
Otorohanga Kiwi House & Native Bird Park
Кормление птицы - Kiwi. Эта птица ведет ночной образ жизни, соответственно запись велась в темноте. Пришлось её осветлять, поэтому извиняюсь за качество. (Otorohanga Kiwi House & Native Bird Park)
Otorohanga Kiwi House / Native Bird Park
My trip with my parents to the Otorohanga Kiwi House / Native Bird Park, January 2016. Geckos, a kea, two kaka, wood pigeon (kereru), owls including a morepork (ruru), a New Zealand falcon, kakariki, ducks, oyster-catchers, a kingfisher, and so on.
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Kea Family Meal Otorohanga Kiwi House 2017
Sneak a peak at our kea family during their meal time. This season's new kea chick (note the yellow area around the top of its beak) is learning to try new foods under the watchful eye of Mum Mati and Dad Zeppelin. Mati sends Zeppelin off to stand guard while the chick and she have their meal (to be fair Zeppelin was back for his third helping of porridge and nectar!). She is a doting Mum who tries very hard to get her chick to eat its 'greens' (in this case spinach) but the chick prefers the porridge mixture.
Kea in the wild face a number of threats including predation from introduced mammals and impact from increasing interaction with people and built up areas. To find out more about kea in the wild and how to help them visit keaconservation.co.nz
NZ Wood Pigeon Dances Like No-one's Watching at the Otorohanga Kiwi House
Our Kereru (NZ Wood Pigeon) called 'Uiui' has three signature moves to impress:
First, dazzle them with fame...not every pigeon has a sign written about them you know!?
Then smooth out those feathers....looking good!
And finally, for the big finish.....surely no one can resist a pigeon who can dance!!! When not dancing, Uiui can be found perching on passing tourists.
otorohanga kiwi house & native bird park Campbell Island Teal and Tui
We found the most enjoyable thing about the Otorohanga Kiwi House and Native Bird Park was the open area pond where mallards, paradise ducks and other birds swam freely, playing and even raising their young alongside the fish swimming. While they are not the most exotic of birds, families enjoy this sort of thing as it mirrors a family environment with the creatures to whom they have paid to see.
However not all creatures were enjoying themselves. We could feel that the Campbell Island Teal, appearing to be alone, was behaving in a distraught manner and wanting to be set free of its caged environment. This did not create for a good atmosphere, to view it in such an unpleasant state.
The other low point and something I did not even want to video, was seeing the caged native tui, also behaving in a distraught manner and wanting to exit its caged space. A far cry from the singing tui you would expect to see outside in trees and free, looking for a mate at spring to reproduce and raise its young in a nest. Imagine being locked up in this manner wanting to escape but unable to. Eventually it breaks your will. Unpleasant to watch.
People do not want to pay for family outings to watch the animals they have come to visit in a state of suffering. If the creatures obviously do not want to be there, release them back in to nature or for birds like the tui easily seen outside plant some native Kowhai or bottle brush trees in an open space and they will come of their own free will. No one wants to pay to see a lonely caged bird that wants to fly free. Let them go, its not worth the money.
Newly Hatched Western North Island Brown Kiwi
This video is from the Otorohanga Kiwi House & Native Bird Park and shows a Kiwi chick hatched 11 October 2009 being removed from its underground burrow to ensure its survival as this species of native New Zealand bird is a threatened species.
The kiwi chick is then weighed and placed in a brooder, once the chick has grown to a satisfactory size and weight it will be released into the wild.
Predator Free Otorohanga Project
The Otorohanga Kiwi House is working with householders, businesses and the Otorohanga District Council to become one of NZ's first predator free communities. We hope to increase the number of Kereru/NZ pigeon, Tui and Korimako/Bellbird successfully hatching and rearing chicks in our town.
Giant Kokopu Display at the Otorohanga Kiwi House
Giant kokopu are swimming at the Kiwi House! These native fish are the largest members of the Galaxiidae family which takes its name from the star-like markings on the sides of the giant kokopu. They are one of the endemic species that make up whitebait and sadly are now listed as vulnerable. They are normally found in slow moving streams on the west coast of both islands under banks and overhanging vegetation but unfortunately mechanical clearing of drains and wetlands has significantly reduced their natural habitat in the Waikato. This group of giant kokopu have been farmed commercially and donated to us by Manaaki (NZ Premium Whitebait Ltd.) to help advocate for NZ native fish species. They're settling in well to their new home at the moment and we're trying to think of some names for each individual.
Brown Kiwi's Guide to Dating at the Otorohanga Kiwi House
Here is 'Koko' the Brown Kiwi's Guide to Dating his new Love 'Kopu'
1. Impress the lady of your dreams Kopu by ordering tasty food (provided by the keepers at the Otorohanga Kiwi House!)
2. Make gentle grunting noises at your lady to tell her she's beautiful.
3. Gently nudge her with your beak to see if she likes you too.
4. Leap the dining table to show her you're athletic prowess... then run into the nearby shelter accidentally - ouch!
Brown Kiwi Chick First Steps at Otorohanga Kiwi House & Native Bird Park
This was our first sighting of our newest chick. The video is from Sunday night when the little chick made his first night camera appearance. If you look closely you can see that the chick has a slightly bulgy tummy. This is the yolk sac which provides energy for the chick for the first few days while it finds its feet and starts to explore. Once this yolk has been fully absorbed, the chick will start to feed for itself on small worms and insects that it finds hiding in the leaf litter.
Otorohanga Kiwi House Kea Chick at 6 weeks old (2016)
Enjoy this glimpse inside a kea nest at a kea chick's behaviour when it's 6 weeks old. The mother 'Mati' is nearby either in the left of the artificial nest box or off picture in the tunnel entrance to the nest box. The kea chick is beginning to move around confidently and to practice scraping its beak on the wooden box just like Mum 'Mati' does.
Kea in the wild face a number of threats including predation from introduced mammals and impact from increasing interaction with people and built up areas. To find out more about kea in the wild and how to help them visit keaconservation.co.nz
Brown Kiwi Raki Renovates Her Burrow at the Otorohanga Kiwi House
'Raki' may be in her twilight years but this Northland provenance Brown Kiwi is not afraid of a little D.I.Y! When her old burrow wasn't up to scratch any more she evicted one of the Tuatara from it's home in our large walk through aviary and embarked on a little renovation work....
Let's go to Otorohanga Kiwi House!
HoJun and I went to see KIWI!
(Note - the Maori language does not have the letter S. Kiwi is plural and singular) :)
Uuuunfortunately we weren't allowed to film inside the Kiwi area. BUT I did film lots of other pretty birds!
I didn't have a lot of time to put this video together and no vlog, so I'll write a little more about our trip here.
HoJun has been in New Zealand for nearly 2 years now but he hadn't seen a Kiwi before (or other native NZ birds really) and I got a free attraction pass from the McDonalds Monopoly event.... So I chose Otorohanga Kiwi House!
It was a good day, really beautiful weather, however it is on the pricier side for what it is. The staff were nice enough and we didn't need a stamp or anything to leave and come back in (we didn't want to hang around for ages after we'd finished to watch the Kiwi feeding), they were just friendly and remembered us.
The Kiwi feeding was definitely the best part. We actually only saw the Great Spotted Kiwi but she was hilarious! I had no idea a bird could act like that, but when she saw the woman coming to feed her she went NUTS! Running around, banging into things, it was freaking adorable. I suddenly loved New Zealand just a little bit more.
Otorohanga is probably a better place to bring kids :) But it was still a nice day out.
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A Challenge for Our North Island Kaka
Check out how 'Rata' one of our NI Kaka boys solves this puzzle to find the sweet treat hidden inside the bamboo sections. What amazing balance and dexterity he shows - as well as his problem solving ability! The other NI Kaka male seen at the beginning of the video is called 'Toki' who had to wait for his turn with the puzzle.
Brown Kiwi Love at First Sight at the Otorohanga Kiwi House
These Brwon Kiwi called Koko and Kopu are about to go on their first date. This is a video of them chatting through the fence the other day (Koko the male is the closest with Kopu the female on the other side of the fence)- turn your volume up and you will here the low grunts as they have a chat. We don't know what they are saying but we hope it's friendly as tonight there will be no barrier!