The paddocks on Staples Street host a few different species, including pukeko, grey ducks, mallards, Paradise shelducks, spur-winged plovers, blackbirds, thrushes… Walking along Staples Street on Sunday night, we heard spur-winged plovers (Vanellus miles) giving their ‘I don’t like what’s happening’ calls and saw one take off after a harrier (Circus approximans) that was flying over the paddock, probably doing the same thing we were doing (looking for baby animals). A pied stilt (Himantopus himantopus) joined in on the plover’s harassment campaign.
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