This week Jim Eagles went on a journey to Oropi in the Bay of Plenty. With him went “The Flock” from Pukorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre. Jim’s daughter, Alex Eagles-Tully has been much involved in the fledging a flock of birds
It all started with one Pukorokoro Miranda member and then it just snowballed. A short time ago Sietske de Jong, a Brownie leader heard about “The Flock”at the PM Shorebird Centre. She took the message to her Pippins and Brownies
“Following the Flock” has just had a letter from Dai inWales, UK.Dai lived at the Pukorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre in January and February. He was a volunteer shorebird guide and he showed lots of visitors our shorebirds and told them
It’s a long way from Pukorokoro Miranda to Napier but The Flock had a very good reason to visit.Over Queen’s Birthday weekend many “birders” gathered from all over New Zealand to take part in BirdsNZ annual conference. We were able
Manukau Beautification Charitable Trust’s (MBCT’s )‘Boomer Boys’ have made 96 birds (that’s 24 bar-tailed godwits, 24 wrybills, 24 South Island pied oystercatchers, and 24 red knots) in the Trust’s Boomer Businesses, a community shed for men and women aged over
So much has happened. It is difficult to know where to start.The Pippin Brownies from Paeroa finished their birds. There are just a few Pippins so they each made 2 birds. The “Boomer Boys” of the Manukau Beautification Charitable Trust
Jim Eagles visited the very busy Mangatangi School last week. The school photographer was also visiting so it was all set up for this image of happy, smiling students holding their contributions to “The Flock”. They all look fantastic. A
Best birdwatching is two hours either side of high tide. Numbers of Artic migrants are now dropping daily the numbers below are from the start of the month, there was however a surprise influx of Red Knot in the last week
School holidays is usually the time for an extra hour in bed. Not for the young birders at the BirdsNZ Youth Camp held at Pukorokoro Miranda. They were often up before dawn.Pleasingly they did find time to add some new
There are just so many ways to decorate a bird, here are a few.The top bird is realistic, permanent marker pens on shower board.The rest are more inventive. However YOU can write a message, knit a rugby jersey, make a