Native Birds in Suburbs.
In some Auckland suburbs, where there are many trees and thick live fences, native birds are nesting this season in large numbers, according to Mr E. G. Turbott, an ornithologist at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. He has received reports from trained observers indicating a surprising amount of nesting still in progress among fantails, grey warblers, silver eyes and others. Many kingfishers have been observed on the shores close to the city, and now that the pohutukawas are flowering, tuis have made their appearance. About a dozen were observed the other day in a defence reserve at Chelsea. A woman likes to be told she's “the 1 only one''—even if she is the only one that’s fooled. “Where did the first turkey come from?" wonders a reader. We should not be surprised if it was eggs.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 January 1940, Page 4
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140Native Birds in Suburbs. Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 January 1940, Page 4
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