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Things are changing for Rotoehu Ecological Trust… To celebrate 10 years of protecting the kōkako, we have branched out 🌳 and created the Kōkako Ecosanctuary.

🌱🐦💙 To support our efforts to protect this taonga species and keep up to date with our progress, follow @kokakoecosanctuary. We hope to see you there!

#kōkako #kiwis4kokako

Dave, Chris and Chris have completed the third day

Dave, Chris and Chris have completed the third day of the survey and we have some exciting updates!

They have started in what we call the “western Pongakawa Ecological Area” which is bordered by Rotoehu Rd. 38 pairs have been recorded in “PEA2B”. This is up 16 pairs from 2019!

Today, 20 pairs were recorded in just the southern half of “PEA2”. Get this - in 2019, 22 pairs were recorded in THE WHOLE of the PEA2 area.

So far, these are excellent results for the individuals and groups, which support the Rotoehu kōkako population. BIG thank you to you all! And more updates to come!

#kōkako #newzealandnature #conservation #newzealandbirds #forestsurvey

The RET Coffee Couriers ☕️ 📦 have delivered

The RET Coffee Couriers ☕️ 📦 have delivered the very important delivery of @kokakocoffee to Dave, Chris and Chris (yes, there are two Chris’).

At 7am tomorrow morning they will start the population survey. 🌿 We will be there offering steaming mugs of coffee to fuel their hard work.

Poor Amanda is at home with a fluey bug. 🤧😢 We wish her a speedy recovery and hope to see her soon!

#kōkako #newzealandbirds #conservation #forestnz #forestsurvey

Meet the two people leading the team of specialist

Meet the two people leading the team of specialist surveyors, undertaking the massive job of counting all the kōkako in our forest 🌳

Dave and Amanda have worked with kōkako for 13 and 6 years respectively, carrying out kōkako surveys across the majority of sites all around the motu as well as translocations, post-release monitoring and nest finding 🪺

They will be working alongside a team of 5 other ecologists to find out how many territorial kōkako are now present at Rotoehu 🐦

They arrive in Rotorua tomorrow and head into the forest to start work soon. Good luck to the team! Happy counting!

#conservation #forestnz #forestsurvey #kōkako #newzealandbirds

The kōkako 🐦 population survey starts this wee

The kōkako 🐦 population survey starts this week at Rotoehu. The coffee ☕️ has been dispatched @kokakocoffee and the survey team arrives later this week. 📋

Our last survey in 2019 returned 286 birds. We have expanded our area since then, and done three more years of pest control. How many birds do you reckon we will have now?

A big thank you to all the volunteers who came alo

A big thank you to all the volunteers who came along and helped at our first workday for 2023!! Great to have lots of #kokako singing away this morning.

Another year of pest control is now complete. It h

Another year of pest control is now complete. It has been a tricky year with the weather but we are happy with our results. A great big thank you to all the volunteers who have turned up this year and all our sponsors who have made this year possible.

Big thanks to everyone who turned up and helped at

Big thanks to everyone who turned up and helped at our workday last weekend. As an extra surprise, we had some pots of @kokakocoffee on hand (maybe new workday requirement).

We have another workday on the 29th of October (weather dependant) to undertake some rat monitoring. More information will be sent out next week.

Thanks to everyone who turned up today to drink @e

Thanks to everyone who turned up today to drink @everybirdcoffee and do a bit of work! Finally the weather turned it on.

It’s always special to hear a dawn chorus at Rot

It’s always special to hear a dawn chorus at Rotoehu. The #kokako are currently gearing up for what will hopefully be another successful breeding season so are extra vocal.

📸 @bawdenroger

Big thanks to everyone who turned up to our rather

Big thanks to everyone who turned up to our rather damp work day today. The weather may have been cold and wet but our spirits were high! Especially when we could finish the day with fresh, hot coffee brewed by Mr @kokakocoffee himself (@trellicktower) and the rest of the crew who travelled all the way from Auckland to help out.

📸 @bawdenroger in our RF2 block

Some last minute seedling and sapling monitoring o

Some last minute seedling and sapling monitoring of our new block which will have its first ground based pest control starting on Wednesday. It’s fantastic to get this pre monitoring completed as it will help to show if our pest control is working: lots of seedling equals less browsing animals or seed-eating pests in the bush which in turn equals happy biome!

Big thanks to everyone who turned up today to help

Big thanks to everyone who turned up today to help collect the rat monitoring cards along with some track clearing. Our pest control operation kicks off next month so stay tuned if you are keen to help.

#conservation #volunteers #kokako
☕️ @kokakocoffee
📸 @bawdenroger

Morning tea’s don’t get much better. ☕️

Morning tea’s don’t get much better.

☕️ @kokakocoffee
📸 @bawdenroger

Big thanks to everyone who turned up to our workda

Big thanks to everyone who turned up to our workday today. Our pest operation dates are coming up soon and we need your help! So watch this space 👀

☕️ @kokakocoffee
📸 @bawdenroger

A reminder we have a workday this Saturday (9th Ju

A reminder we have a workday this Saturday (9th July) to undertake some track clearing in preparation for this years pest control operation.

Thanks to @kokakocoffee for supplying hot chocolate and coffee for our volunteers.

📸 @bawdenroger

Due to the current weather forecast for the weeke

Due to the current weather forecast for the weekend we have decided to delay Saturdays workday. 💧🌧

📷 @bawdenroger

The first day of winter in the forest. We have a w

The first day of winter in the forest. We have a workday coming up on Saturday the 11th of June. Why not come along and experience yourself?
#kokako #conservation
📸 @bawdenroger

Another stunning day in the bush. #kokako 📷 @

Another stunning day in the bush.

#kokako
📷 @bawdenroger

Big thanks to all the volunteers who turned up and

Big thanks to all the volunteers who turned up and helped today. We look forward to seeing you all at our next one at the 11 June.

📸 @bawdenroger

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