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Birds - Birds - Birds - native NZ Birds
What a week for native birds at Vista del Sol -
Bird Update
With the Banksias going into flower, now followed by the protia, red hot pokers, camelia, and finally the Kowhai - all the birds are back, grey warbler in are in tree outside my window, you can usually here them in full song from somewhere close by, the Tui are all round and usually singing from Dawn til dusk, - I saw one in the Kowhai today - it is a minature and now in flower - only a metre high but it did not stop the tui climbing all over it to sip the nectar. The Bell birds are about, a flock of pukeko was in Satins paddock right up at the house - including a little one, hawks are close by the house - one has a gliding line that runs about 15 mitres away from my window, fantails are in constant motion, the Eastern Rosellas are roosting probably in the big pines - they spend time in the paddocks which still have seed heads on the grass, a morepork has moved back in we hear it calling at night.
Tui's arrive
The Tui's have arrived with the Banksia going into flower in the last two weeks. They call at dawn and evening - and are checking out the various trees during the day. The have been away for several months since the pohutakawa finished flowering in January.
Vista del Sol Summer Guests
Welcome and Thank you to our summer guests
Baby Tui at Vista del Sol, Luxury Bed and Breakfast, Kapiti
The Tui were nesting in the large Banksia - they were quite aggressive chasing the sparrows away - we have been rewarded with a baby Tui pictured here - it does not sing - just follows its mother around squarking - baby Tui do not have a white bib, it was happy to flap between the banksia nesting tree and the Pohutakawa where it tended to hop around the branches calling for mum, after short clumsy flights it started following her to food trees further around the property. In the last three weeks as all the Pohutakawa have come into flower more Tui have been in the garden, mating, chasing each other and defending a new nest in a newly flowering Pohutakawa from sparrows.
Vista Del Sol Official Opening
The Honorable Nathan Guy and her Worhip the Mayor of Kapiti Jenny Rowan officially opened Vista del Sol on the 16th November 2009 at 6.15pm in front of a 80 person gathering of tourism activity operators, Enterprise Kapiti and Porirua staff, Professionals, Neighbours, Building Consultants and supporters.
Welcome Swallows back from their Migration
The Welcome Swallows have all turned up from their annual migration, having left in June, and are building nests, they entertain with their aerial acrobatics in their continual hunt for insects on the wing.
Eastern Rosella Parrots at Vista del Sol, B&B, Kapiti Coast
A flock of 8 to 10 Eastern Rosella Parrots have spent much time in the garden eating new blossom from the Virgilia tree. They make a real mess and chatter quietly to themselves taking flight if anyone comes to close and disturbs them - they are within 4 to 5 feet of the Tararua Suite windows and is facinating to sit there watching them.
Yellowhammer
A flock of native Yellowhammer birds have been in the garden for weeks - they are quite bold, and have been decending on Vista del Sol's new lawns and eating all the seed as quick as they can
