There are still many native birds in the shrubland including bellbirds, kingfishers, silvereye and the hawk or kahu. |
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Williamson begins his journey among the bellbirds and saddlebacks of the Wattle Track on Tiritiri Matangi Island in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf. |
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A 1969 survey had turned up a dismal count of just 21 tuis and 24 bellbirds for the entire island. |
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When you need to pause for breath look at the surrounding bush, listen to the birds and watch to see fantails, bellbirds, and native pigeons. |
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We were entertained by the familiar voices of crested bellbirds and rufous songlarks, but a different voice soon became evident. |
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Along these roads are many walking tracks where native birds such as wood pigeons, bellbirds, weka and fantails can be seen and heard. |
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As we walked we heard bellbirds in the trees and saw a silvereye quite close on a small shrub. |
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There are signs of many birds such as the Major Mitchell cockatoos, mulga parrots, honeyeaters, crested bellbirds and many more. |
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It's not long before we hear the bellbirds that inhabit this end of the gardens. |
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Growing around them were matai, totara and rimu trees, home to native pigeons, tui, bellbirds, and fantails. |
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Three-wattled bellbirds and bare-necked umbrellabirds migrate seasonally to this region. |
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Bellbirds have been implicated in the death of swathes of forest between Victoria and Queensland. |
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