This is the sort of thing I have to put up with...
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This is the sort of thing I have to put up with...
Note the weka under the table. For non-New Zealand readers, it's a flightless bird indigenous to Aotearoa / New Zealand. They are incorrigible thieves, especially of food or brightly-coloured items. They are able to unzip bags to get at treasures.
#aotearoa #nature #life@98Percent I once had one take off with a full bag of tomatoes I'd put on the picnic blanket. It made it half-way across the reserve before deciding it was a wee bit heavy to keep running with.
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@98Percent I once had one take off with a full bag of tomatoes I'd put on the picnic blanket. It made it half-way across the reserve before deciding it was a wee bit heavy to keep running with.
@cameraobscura A couple of weeks ago I was servicing a trap line in the Park. There's a point where I leave my pack at a junction to service a couple of little spur lines. When I returned, my pack had been unzipped and my raincoat dragged part-way out. I stuffed the jacket back in and went on my way. It was only when I went to eat my lunch that I discovered one of the two bags containing it had vanished!
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@cameraobscura A couple of weeks ago I was servicing a trap line in the Park. There's a point where I leave my pack at a junction to service a couple of little spur lines. When I returned, my pack had been unzipped and my raincoat dragged part-way out. I stuffed the jacket back in and went on my way. It was only when I went to eat my lunch that I discovered one of the two bags containing it had vanished!
@98Percent Rascals!!!
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FYI, this is Appletree Bay, in the Abel Tasman National Park. Come and check it out.
It's a 1h30m walk from the trail-head. My wife and I just walked in for morning tea. Back at the cafe at the trail-head for lunch.@98Percent gorgeous spot!
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This is the sort of thing I have to put up with...
Note the weka under the table. For non-New Zealand readers, it's a flightless bird indigenous to Aotearoa / New Zealand. They are incorrigible thieves, especially of food or brightly-coloured items. They are able to unzip bags to get at treasures.
#aotearoa #nature #life@98Percent What a day for it. I once got harassed by weka during an IT 'job interview'. Cycling near Westport and took a call from prospective employer...
PS: Noticed otrovert in your profile, it fits me too.
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This is the sort of thing I have to put up with...
Note the weka under the table. For non-New Zealand readers, it's a flightless bird indigenous to Aotearoa / New Zealand. They are incorrigible thieves, especially of food or brightly-coloured items. They are able to unzip bags to get at treasures.
#aotearoa #nature #life@98Percent At first I thought you were talking about your giant grasshoppers, but they are Weta. Wikipedia then answered my obvious question: Yes, Weka do eat Weta!
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FYI, this is Appletree Bay, in the Abel Tasman National Park. Come and check it out.
It's a 1h30m walk from the trail-head. My wife and I just walked in for morning tea. Back at the cafe at the trail-head for lunch.@98Percent I saw Wekas and Keas at the vehicle tunnel leading to Milford Sound / Piopiotahi. The birds approached cars waiting for the right of way, hoping for food.
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@98Percent I saw Wekas and Keas at the vehicle tunnel leading to Milford Sound / Piopiotahi. The birds approached cars waiting for the right of way, hoping for food.
@sohkamyung @joncounts Yes. Unfortunately human food is not good for kea, so please don't feed them. Weka seem to be able to eat anything... and they will!
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@98Percent What a day for it. I once got harassed by weka during an IT 'job interview'. Cycling near Westport and took a call from prospective employer...
PS: Noticed otrovert in your profile, it fits me too.
@robincapper Weka are very cheeky! I used to live in the country just out of Westport and we had to put up kiddie-barriers at our doors to stop them wandering through the house.
And yes, I took the test at theothernessinstitute.com and the definition fit me perfectly. I always knew I was "different", but it was quite a revelation to know exactly how. I now understand why a lot of others don't see the world the way I do. I'm currently reading the book "The Gift of Not Belonging", which is very interesting. I can relate to so much of it. -
@98Percent At first I thought you were talking about your giant grasshoppers, but they are Weta. Wikipedia then answered my obvious question: Yes, Weka do eat Weta!
@mnf Weka will eat almost anything! They have terrible table manners
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@98Percent I saw Wekas and Keas at the vehicle tunnel leading to Milford Sound / Piopiotahi. The birds approached cars waiting for the right of way, hoping for food.
@sohkamyung @98Percent Yes, weka and kea, both, are like NZ’s equivalents of raccoons. All are smart and mischievous.
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@sohkamyung @joncounts Yes. Unfortunately human food is not good for kea, so please don't feed them. Weka seem to be able to eat anything... and they will!
@98Percent No, I didn't feed them.
"Don't feed the wildlife" is also the message in Singapore, where macaques, house crows and feral pigeons can be an urban nuisance.
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@cameraobscura A couple of weeks ago I was servicing a trap line in the Park. There's a point where I leave my pack at a junction to service a couple of little spur lines. When I returned, my pack had been unzipped and my raincoat dragged part-way out. I stuffed the jacket back in and went on my way. It was only when I went to eat my lunch that I discovered one of the two bags containing it had vanished!
@cameraobscura @98Percent they can totally turn heavy duty dry bags into not so dry bags - ask me how I know
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@robincapper Weka are very cheeky! I used to live in the country just out of Westport and we had to put up kiddie-barriers at our doors to stop them wandering through the house.
And yes, I took the test at theothernessinstitute.com and the definition fit me perfectly. I always knew I was "different", but it was quite a revelation to know exactly how. I now understand why a lot of others don't see the world the way I do. I'm currently reading the book "The Gift of Not Belonging", which is very interesting. I can relate to so much of it.@98Percent The intrusive weka was when I was cycling on the road to Westport Airport, river mouth. Thanks for the book ref, with check it out.
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@robincapper Weka are very cheeky! I used to live in the country just out of Westport and we had to put up kiddie-barriers at our doors to stop them wandering through the house.
And yes, I took the test at theothernessinstitute.com and the definition fit me perfectly. I always knew I was "different", but it was quite a revelation to know exactly how. I now understand why a lot of others don't see the world the way I do. I'm currently reading the book "The Gift of Not Belonging", which is very interesting. I can relate to so much of it.@98Percent Just looked, my score was 201/280
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@cameraobscura @98Percent they can totally turn heavy duty dry bags into not so dry bags - ask me how I know
@oseiler @cameraobscura @98Percent
Funniest weka fail I've seen was a heavy goon bag foiling their association of shiny silver bags with lightweight junk food. The fountain effect was not appreciated and the avian fled the scene. The trampers who'd carried it all the way to the campsite didn't appreciate the growing puddle either.
I used the clove hitch round a pebble technique to hang their wine, hole uppermost, from a branch out of weka reach. Something to be said for basic knot skills and a spare bit of cord.
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@robincapper Weka are very cheeky! I used to live in the country just out of Westport and we had to put up kiddie-barriers at our doors to stop them wandering through the house.
And yes, I took the test at theothernessinstitute.com and the definition fit me perfectly. I always knew I was "different", but it was quite a revelation to know exactly how. I now understand why a lot of others don't see the world the way I do. I'm currently reading the book "The Gift of Not Belonging", which is very interesting. I can relate to so much of it.@98Percent Just remembered, it made the blog
https://www.robincapper.net/westport-and-kawatiri-trail-time-out-2021-22-west-coast/ -
@98Percent Just remembered, it made the blog
https://www.robincapper.net/westport-and-kawatiri-trail-time-out-2021-22-west-coast/@robincapper Just read your blog post. It brought back a lot of memories for me. The Tauranga Bay restaurant was one of our favourite haunts. And I remember the Cape Foulwind walk well. After a spell of bad weather I got cabin fever, so decided to take that walk, despite the rain. While on the trail, I suddenly felt my hair (I had some then) standing up and instinctively dropped to the ground in a low spot, just before a blinding flash of lightning. One of my closer calls!
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