Bird sanctuary

Bird sanctuary

We wanted to do some hiking while in New Zealand and nearby Hamilton is a bird sanctuary which has many trails (or tracks as they call them).  This was built because there were many species of birds native to the country which were threatened by non native animals.  A group of people wanted to protect the birds and researched the best method possible.  what they built was incredible!  They enclosed a huge area with a fence which is meant to keep out even the smallest predator.  The mesh is very fine and even the streams have the fence in front to prevent water animals from entering.

The view of the land around the sanctuary.

On the trail.  It was shady and cool there.

So many kinds of trees.  I think this one is a silver fern.

Birds at a feeding station.

We climbed up a tower as high as some of the trees so we could see more birds.  We could hear a lot of birds as we hiked along, but could only see glimpses of a few.  Sorry, guys.  No kiwis!!

Video, really an audio of lots of bird songs.