As regular CFZ-watchers will know, for some time Corinna has been doing a column for Animals & Men and a regular segment on On The Track... particularly about out-of-place birds and rare vagrants. There seem to be more and more bird stories from all over the world hitting the news these days so, to make room for them all - and to give them all equal and worthy coverage - she has set up this new blog to cover all things feathery and Fortean.

Monday, 18 March 2019

Bumper hihi breeding season on pest-free Tiritiri Matangi


Monday, 11 March 2019, 10:46 pm
Press Release: Joint Press Release
HCCT / DOC Media Release

Monday March 11, 2019
A record number of hihi or stitchbird have fledged on pest-free Tiritiri Matangi Island in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park during the latest breeding season.
Hihi breeding on Tiritiri Matangi starts in late September and runs until February.
This breeding season 252 new birds were added to the hihi population on Tiritiri Matangi.
That beats the previous record of 241 hihi fledged on the island during the 2010 / 2011 breeding season.
“Conditions have been ideal for hihi on Tiritiri Matangi this summer and breeding pairs on the island have produced a record number of new birds,” says Hihi Conservation Charitable Trust (HCCT) Conservation Officer Mhairi McCready.
“Around 150 fledgling hihi are produced in an average breeding season on Tiritiri Matangi so this is a fantastic result for this nationally vulnerable native bird.”
“It’s also a reward for the volunteers, research students and others involved in supporting the hihi during the breeding season,” says Mhairi McCready.
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