Gowest wrote: Sad to see but those little guys are doomed with those numbers sorry to say. |
Reel Deal wrote: Black robin got as low as 5. kokako super low too. I was lucky enough to see over 20 by mussel rock raglan, last year with my dad and wife. When I reported it DOC they said bullsh*t they only hang out in small groups up to 3. Then I told them I saw young 2 babies and 2 older babies again they said bullsh*t they haven't breed for 2 years, then I said they came up to the boat in groups and played for two hours even putting their heads out of the water and making sounds, they said bullsh*t they keep away from boat particularly with young. Then I told them the mothers were pushing their young right up to us, again they said bullsh*t. So I sent them the photos.:-) Apparently it was the largest sighting recorded. And the first time behaving like that and with young in two years. Scored a Maui goodie bag t-shirt etc which was a nice touch. They want to hear from anyone who has sighted a Maui. Usually they send up a spotter plane the next day looking. |
Reel Deal wrote: Black robin got as low as 5. kokako super low too. I was lucky enough to see over 20 by mussel rock raglan, last year with my dad and wife. When I reported it DOC they said bullsh*t they only hang out in small groups up to 3. Then I told them I saw young 2 babies and 2 older babies again they said bullsh*t they haven't breed for 2 years, then I said they came up to the boat in groups and played for two hours even putting their heads out of the water and making sounds, they said bullsh*t they keep away from boat particularly with young. Then I told them the mothers were pushing their young right up to us, again they said bullsh*t. So I sent them the photos.:-) Apparently it was the largest sighting recorded. And the first time behaving like that and with young in two years. Scored a Maui goodie bag t-shirt etc which was a nice touch. They want to hear from anyone who has sighted a Maui. Usually they send up a spotter plane the next day looking. |
Reel Deal wrote: Im out of the country for a few more weeks but Ill see what I can do re posting pictures when back. Of interest : they were keen to hang with us till we dropped our fishing lines and they would keep their distance or lose interest. Pull the lines in and within a minute they were playing with us again... They are pretty onto it little fullas. And appear to have a eversion to nylon? sort of makes me wonder about the set net. Based on that snippet of unqualified info I wonder if the trawlers who hammer the west coast are doing the damage. ok just remembered these little guys apparently don't go deeper than 40m so that rules out trawlers... maybe they hate nylon as they see their kind stuck in it drowning??? Was interesting but. Nice one Snappa Geoff for reporting - If you got a Large T-Shirt Ill swap with the XXL which was the only size left when they sent mine. I tried to tell them that the photos added 10 pounds!! how rude! |
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