Day 7 of our record trip. We are heading home today, but first...we totally smashed that mountain of Doom. Three days in a row, we have gone up that massive hill, and we are feeling pretty fit now...but also totally bushed. (Sorry about the pun.) Here are my journal entries from the last Kokako hunting... Continue Reading →
Record Mission: January 22, Pureora Forest, Mapara – Hunt for the Kokako day 2
Well OK, so after staying up till 2 recording pine, we then slept in a tent, despite having an entire 12 person lodge to ourselves. Why you ask? Well, we bought the tent a year ago and still hadn't used it, so I was determined to spend one night in the wild. Also, being the... Continue Reading →
Record Mission: January 21, Pureora Forest, Mapara – Hunt for the Kokako day 1
Record mission day 6, wow, it's nearly been a week already. We visited a DOC site,(Department of Conservation), and got ourselves a good tip on where the best place to record Kokako is nearby, Mapara it is. Kokakos are one of NZ's rarest birds with one of the most beautiful songs ever... So off we... Continue Reading →