Before we left I had the opportunity to hold a giant weta! It was very heavy, very cold and very tickly!
North Island Black Robins are clever birds. Their Maori name is Toutouwai.
A close up of their food stick.
The robins now always go straight to the hole with 2 worms in it. Michelle says they have learned to count to 2 as the holes are covered up and they can't see in! They move the cover with their beaks.
The robins watch while she puts 2 mealworms on a hole at one end of the branch and only 1 in the hole at the other end. She puts covers over the holes.
Michelle has taught the robins to come when they hear her call. She bangs 2 sticks together and they appear from the trees.
First Brian, our guide, showed us the predator proof fence that stops animals getting in or out.
Last Friday, Michelle, a RSNZ Primary Teacher Fellow hosted by Zealandia in Karori, invited the Wellington cluster group to visit and see her research project with North Island Black Robins.
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