OPOSSUMS AND NESTING SITES
Last year an opossum was shot after being disturbed during the daytime from a hole in a dead matai about 18 feet from the ground. A few months later two young moreporks were reared in this hole. A kingfisher had also raised a brood in a smaller hole further down the trunk. Another opossum has recently been disturbed from the larger hole and shot. This example illustrates not only the loss of nesting sites but also the loss of eggs and young which is caused by these animals.
Notes from the Whakatane Section will appear in the next issue
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Forest and Bird, Issue 139, 1 February 1961, Page 6
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103OPOSSUMS AND NESTING SITES Forest and Bird, Issue 139, 1 February 1961, Page 6
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