Native birds helping house sales – VUW survey of TradeMe listings
Native birds helping house sales – VUW survey of TradeMe listings
Native birds are being used as a lure to sell property in Wellington according to a survey of auction website TradeMe. Dr Heidy Kikillus (Postdoctoral Fellow – Cities and Urban Nature) from Victoria University's Biological Sciences department says the …
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Rare birds appearing at area feeders
One oriole was frequenting a suet feeder on Orchard Street in Byfield. Another was visiting feeders on Hanover Street in Newbury. Another report of an oriole coming to suet on Hay Street might be close enough to be the Hanover street bird, or it could …
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Pigeons fly the coop and race home to an enthusiast with 80 birds
More remarkably, the birds usually travel in zigzag lines. Gary Southee has 80 racing pigeons in a loft out the back of his Palmerston North home. "That's quite a few. There are 10 breeding pairs, About 20 race birds who are one to four years old, and …
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Home of the Month: A house designed for birdwatching in Lake Elmo
"I had an idea to design the house as a bird blind," said Larson. "With views of the land in all directions." The couple's passion for birding and nature inspired the retirement home's final flat-roof, low-slung form punctuated by rows of ribbon windows.
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