Thursday 11 August 2016

Losing its habitat

Out for an afternoon drive around the Flatbush area we spotted a Kahu circling one of the few remaining fields. Where once was open grassland with horses and cows now stands a new subdivision of 2 and 3 level townhouses on less than 400sq metres of land a piece.


We give this bird 2 maybe 3 years before all the grass land it used to roam is consumed by housing built for immigrants arriving in the city to build houses in an overstretched market. A self perpetuating problem that slowly eats up valuable land and creates loss of habitat for our wildlife.

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