Sunday, 10 November 2013

Life in the Forest. Busy October!

 Life in the Forest. Busy October! 

Planting day on Limestone/Matekohe Island
Rare Hibiscus richardsonii planted on a bank beside the path on Matekohe Island.

 This is Kipp. He was a Teacher Fellow too.  One of his projects was to propogate the seeds from Hibiscus richardsonii.  They only grow in three places in the whole world.  All of them are in Northland. Now they are on Limestone Island and you can see them growing there.

                                                                 Counting Weta


Counting weta in the boxes in the forest and on Limestone Matekohe  Island.

In the Forest


 Cutting tracks for bait stations to stop those pesky possums eating all the trees, insects, chicks and birds eggs.


hammering up 102 Gecko covers.



Cutting the rubber covers and