An inquisitive weka photographed just outside the back door of a holiday home in Otira. The weka, one of New Zealand’s flightless native birds, has no in-born fear of people and displays an unusual curiosity and lack of shyness. Occasionally wekas can make a nuisance of themselves by making off with various portable articles but most spend their time searching for berries, insects, worms, crustaceans, lizards, eggs and the young of birds, mice, rats, and even stoats. Wekas are not as common as they once were, but they are still the most commonly encountered of New Zealand’s flightless land birds. —Photograph by ROD DEW
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Press, 9 February 1989, Page 18
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104An inquisitive weka photographed just outside the back door of a holiday home in Otira. The weka, one of New Zealand’s flightless native birds, has no in-born fear of people and displays an unusual curiosity and lack of shyness. Occasionally wekas can make a nuisance of themselves by making off with various portable articles but most spend their time searching for berries, insects, worms, crustaceans, lizards, eggs and the young of birds, mice, rats, and even stoats. Wekas are not as common as they once were, but they are still the most commonly encountered of New Zealand’s flightless land birds. —Photograph by ROD DEW Press, 9 February 1989, Page 18
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