The
birds predominantly live in the Mackenzie Basin where the Department of
Conservation Kakī Recovery Programme is run to build numbers of the once near
extinction species.
Two
kakī that have appeared on a farm near Timaru are the latest of the
world's rarest wading bird to be reported outside of the Mackenzie Basin.
South
Canterbury farmer, George Steven said he had seen two kakī who
had made a home for themselves on his dairy farm in Otipua, near
Timaru.
He
first noticed the birds, who had stuck together and made a home for themselves
in a wetland paddock on his farm, about a week ago.
South
Canterbury farmer George Steven found a couple of the rare black stilt on his
property.
The
birds predominantly live in the Mackenzie Basin where the Department of
Conservation Kakī Recovery Programme is run to build numbers of the once
near extinct species.
"The
stilts are in the paddock that has pockets filled with
water."
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