Hi All,
The Next day is this Sun meeting at the rangers station at 9.30am. Bring your cameras and capture a fungi see photo), kohekohe flowers, or a bird
Look on the 2010 map on our website to see our baiting progress www.arkinthepark.org.nz
This Sunday we will walk up the upper kauri and do the beginning of R Block right in the centre of our territory and emerge around the Cascades track which has some of the best Kauri forest in the park.
Please remember therefore to clean and spray your boots before and after leaving the lines
Keep an eye out for hihi, robins and whiteheads as you go. All three species have been seen here at various stages.
Easier and harder bits for everyone.
Let me know if you are coming
We urgently need a sausage person for Sun. Please let me know if you can cook for us
BUSHCRAFT SESSION Sat 22nd 10.30am at the Rangers station with John Walsh ( head Huia ranger)
This is your final chance to attend and learn bush safety from the expert with hands on use of compass in the bush
Let me know if interested -space for 10 people
Kokako monitoring
Laurence Bechet is asking for Volunteers to help with Kokako monitoring starting Friday 28th May and continuing through June.
Telemetry monitoring is easy to learn and you can go individually or in pairs. Many of you already know how to do this. I will be making up a roster and the initial training session ( if needed ) will be this Sat 22nd at 9am. If you are unable to attend but keen then arrive on your first day an hour early to be instructed by Laurence
The routes to walk will be the new Fenceline/old Fenceline loop, and either in and out of Gleesons or Cutty Grass track - about 2 hrs for each route stopping to take telemetry readings along the way and then returning to the rangers station with the results
There will be 2 shifts each day starting from the rangers station 2-4 people from 9am to 11am from Sun 30th May to Wed 30th June 2-4 people from 1pm -3pm from Fri 28th May to Wed 30th of June
Please let me know what days you can come so I can set up a roster ASAP ,
FOREST AND BIRD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING THIS THURSDAY 20 MAY AT KELSTON COMMUNITY CENTRE 7 pm (note this is an earlier start than our normal meetings) Brief reports will be given before holding an election of a branch committee.
This will be followed about 8 pm by an illustrated talk by Unitec lecturer Mel Galbraith on The Birds and restoration of Motu Kaikoura -an island close to Great Barrier.
Supper with Banrock Station Wine. All welcome.
Eric Wilson 14/5/2010 in the Ark. The incomparable sky blue Entolema hochsteteri
