Kiwi chicks are now hatching all over the Kiwi Coast! Despite many Northland kiwi heading into the breeding season still underweight thanks to last summer's drought, some birds have successfully nested and chicks are now hatching. Reports of kiwi chicks over the last month have come in from Backyard Kiwi, Tutukaka Landcare, Tanekaha CPCA and … [Read more...]
Two Miracle Kiwi Hatched from “Stone Cold Eggs”
Two "stone cold" kiwi eggs found in February by separate community-led projects in Whangarei have both been recovered, incubated and miraculously hatched into very active kiwi chicks by the Whangarei Native Bird Recovery Centre. Northland's summer drought resulted in some unusual kiwi behaviour as kiwi struggled in the dry conditions, … [Read more...]