Pīpipi!!
Today I did my monthly 63 km Port Hills bike loop, from Christchurch city NZ out via the hills to Lincoln and back by the farmland. I’ve been riding this monthly since July 2019, counting and mapping birds (and other species) as I go. Today, for the first time on this route, I heard a small flock of about four pīpipi (NZ brown creepers), in the shrubs on Gebbes Pass.
These NZ endemic birds (in a NZ endemic genus and family) are found deeper into Banks Peninsula but have been thought to be absent from the Port Hills, so much so that the Christchurch City Council has started a project to reintroduce them to the hills.
It looks like they’re already on their way on their own.
https://www.inaturalist.nz/observations/395417894
#birds #nz #Mohoua
Today I did my monthly 63 km Port Hills bike loop, from Christchurch city NZ out via the hills to Lincoln and back by the farmland. I’ve been riding this monthly since July 2019, counting and mapping birds (and other species) as I go. Today, for the first time on this route, I heard a small flock of about four pīpipi (NZ brown creepers), in the shrubs on Gebbes Pass.
These NZ endemic birds (in a NZ endemic genus and family) are found deeper into Banks Peninsula but have been thought to be absent from the Port Hills, so much so that the Christchurch City Council has started a project to reintroduce them to the hills.
It looks like they’re already on their way on their own.
https://www.inaturalist.nz/observations/395417894
#birds #nz #Mohoua