January 2021 - Welcome to Gisborne City Specials - Things to see and do in Tairawhiti-Gisborne District. New info. photos added daily. #Gisborne
Welcome to the 'WEKA' page... |
CLICK photo to hear 1 minute 7 second recording of a North Island WEKA giving territorial calls.
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The Weka (Woodhen) - was the most well known bird in Poverty Bay - then during the early 1980's a mystery virus decimated the Weka population... but nowdays the bird is starting to make a comeback. It can be seen inland at Motu, just over an hour's drive inland from Gisborne.
The familiar 'coo-eet' cry of the bird can be heard in the evenings once again.
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