Positive Whio captive results

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Positive Whio captive results

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Breeding Results 2013-2014

What a great year we have had with 33 ducklings reared and released over the last two weeks in March. This is a new record. Peacocks, two pairs lead the charge with having three clutch’s each and producing 23 and then Mt Bruce’s pair produced six from two clutch’s and Orana pair had four.

Queenstown pair did have one but it died at seven-weeks-old which was a shame. The pair from Auckland had infertile eggs but the female had been flocked mated not long before at Mt Bruce after losing her mate. The pair at Hamilton did nothing as well as the pair at Staglands. The pair at Palmerston North Esplanade did lay three eggs and one being fertile but died in the shell. The pair at Otorohonga did lay a clutch but nothing came from them.

Egmont met a milestone with 100 known birds on the mountain.

77 Eggs
49 Fertile
40 Hatched
33 Ducklings reared.

All released.

Release Tongariro March 11, 2014

6 Captive breed.

Release Egmont March 13, 2014

14 Captive breed

2 Whione

Release Manganui –a-te-ao March 20, 2014

13 Captive breed birds

Released Birds to Date from 2000 to 2014

141 released Egmont National Park

25 released Manganui –a-te-ao

12 released Tongariro area

Deaths for the year 3.1

1 male Auckland Zoo 14 years

1 male Staglands 13 years

1 female Hamilton Zoo 18 years

1 male Otorohanga 3 years

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