Below is a gallery of the birds you are most likely to encounter in the Rakaia Gorge. The fantails are probably most profuse, followed by the bellbirds. But there are quite a number of grey warblers about, as well as kereru or the New Zealand pigeon. Tomtits can sometimes be seen and song thrushes can certainly be heard. In the summer shining cuckoos are about and silvereyes are quite abundant.
The most pleasing result of our trapping is the numerous kereru that have returned to the forest and are often seen around the coalmine and further along going towards the lookout point. They hang around in the kowhai trees and are most often heard rather than seen. The sound of their beating wings when they fly off is most distinguishable.
The most pleasing result of our trapping is the numerous kereru that have returned to the forest and are often seen around the coalmine and further along going towards the lookout point. They hang around in the kowhai trees and are most often heard rather than seen. The sound of their beating wings when they fly off is most distinguishable.
