10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

Secondly, New Zealand had already experienced on wave of extinction due to the introduction or rats and human hunting. Gamebirds, such as turkeys, pheasants, partridges, quail, Mallards and the like were also brought, as were popular sport fish. The settlers were not daunted by this inadequacy of New Zealand’s biota.

New Zealand 162

New Zealand Possums Rabbits Ferrets 162

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2014

Yes, cute little Skylarks were all well and good, but what Kiwis really wanted were birds they could shoot and fish they could, uh, fish. New Zealand had, once upon a time, some fairly spectacular game birds, including massive flightless geese, massive flightles rails, and really enormous moa.

Species 167

Species New Zealand Ducks Game 167

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2012

you’d get to see the much larger samples of prepared specimens in the drawers. Frogs and fish and insects and rodents yes, but not birds. Which keep eating rat poison. An avid birder would perhaps visit a museum where stuffed birds were the multi-media of the day, and if you knew the curator (or were the curator!)

Birds 170

Birds Collecting Rodents Wounded 170