I'm Totally flabbergasted, Rg. You would deny our revered Kereru its food. However, I'm equally convinced you will have supplied a suitable alternative. Just dying to know what it is?
"Its" food Fred? My plums more like! Kereru here feed on kowhai buds and shoots, tree lucerne tips and any cherry-plums they can get. The named species (Coe's Golden Drop, damsons, greengages and, George Wilsons and so on) are for me and my family! Birds beware! In saying that, they gorge on them every single year. This time around, I'm taking action, though already the tops of the plum trees are bare of buds. Grrrrrrr
Our street planted tree lucernes on the road verge, so those and the neighbours large plum tree seem to be the target of local Kereru rather than our plums :) I was amused to watch a Kereru hang upsidedown (rat-like) from a very thin branch to eat the last of the neighbour's plums.
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I'm Totally flabbergasted, Rg. You would deny our revered Kereru its food. However, I'm equally convinced you will have supplied a suitable alternative. Just dying to know what it is?
"Its" food Fred?
My plums more like!
Kereru here feed on kowhai buds and shoots, tree lucerne tips and any cherry-plums they can get. The named species (Coe's Golden Drop, damsons, greengages and, George Wilsons and so on) are for me and my family! Birds beware! In saying that, they gorge on them every single year. This time around, I'm taking action, though already the tops of the plum trees are bare of buds. Grrrrrrr
Our street planted tree lucernes on the road verge, so those and the neighbours large plum tree seem to be the target of local Kereru rather than our plums :)
I was amused to watch a Kereru hang upsidedown (rat-like) from a very thin branch to eat the last of the neighbour's plums.
You can't beat them rob, not unless you kill them all - although i like your description - kereru are as beneficial, important and special as kiore
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