New Zealand Mammals

DSC_8566 Feral ferret (Mustela putorius furo) a light sable coloured male with predated harrier. Other native birds recorded as being killed on the nest by ferrets, include rarities such as white-flippered, and little blue penguins around our coasts, black stilts in the Mackenzie Country, and royal albatross chicks at Taiaroa Head. Otago Peninsula *

DSC8566FeralferretMustelaputoriusfuropestpredatorautumndennestotago peninsulapredatedharrierprey