DSC_6655  Stoat (Mustela erminea) trapping for predators. Mike Camm coordinates a group of Northland landowners who all keep their properties 'predator free' through the use of Fenn Mk IV traps placed in wooden tunnels to catch stoats, ferrets, and weasels. Trapping benefits local ground nesting birds such as vulnerable brown teal, and Northland brown kiwi.
DSC_7352 North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) chick release. Todd Hamilton, Project Manager for Backyard Kiwi (at rear), and Ben Barr, ranger for Limestone Island, carry the latest kiwi chick onto the refuge. The island, now a predator free sanctuary, once produced cement for the Golden Bay cement company.
DSC_6625 Brown teal (Anas chlorotis) more than 20 teal visit Mike Camm's man-made pond - a significant percentage of the Northland population. Mike coordinates a group of Northland landowners who all keep their properties 'predator free', thus benefiting the vulnerable little teal as well as Northland brown kiwi.
DSC_6655 Stoat (Mustela erminea) trapping for predators. Mike Camm coordinates a group of Northland landowners who all keep their properties 'predator free' through the use of Fenn Mk IV traps placed in wooden tunnels to catch stoats, ferrets, and weasels. Trapping benefits local ground nesting birds such as vulnerable brown teal, and Northland brown kiwi.
DSC_6655  Stoat (Mustela erminea) trapping for predators. Mike Camm coordinates a group of Northland landowners who all keep their properties 'predator free' through the use of Fenn Mk IV traps placed in wooden tunnels to catch stoats, ferrets, and weasels. Trapping benefits local ground nesting birds such as vulnerable brown teal, and Northland brown kiwi.
DSC_6655 Stoat (Mustela erminea) trapping for predators. Mike Camm coordinates a group of Northland landowners who all keep their properties 'predator free' through the use of Fenn Mk IV traps placed in wooden tunnels to catch stoats, ferrets, and weasels. Trapping benefits local ground nesting birds such as vulnerable brown teal, and Northland brown kiwi.
See photo in original gallery.