DSC_9523 Weasel (Mustela nivalis vulgaris) male with Eastern brown kiwi chick. Introduced in 1885-86, weasels although now rare in most districts, have wreaked havoc on our native flightless birds *
DSC_9564 Weasel (Mustela nivalis vulgaris) male with brown kiwi chick. Introduced in 1885-86, weasels although now rare in most districts, have wreaked havoc on our native flightless birds *
IMG_0675 North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) members of a Japanese film crew walk through forested kiwi habitat on Ponui Island. Brown kiwi introduced onto this island have a mixed ancestry of both 'Northern' and 'Western' provenance *