Visitor to Wa Whanau

We had an interesting visitor to Wa Whanau today when we went to Room 11.  Lucy's dad, Josh, volunteered his time and came to talk to the Syndicate about what he does.  He is a scientist with a very important job.  Josh 'hunts' for keas.

He showed us all his special equipment he uses to track down the keas' nests.  We found out that a kea lives in a cave, not in a tree!

We also discovered how to tell the difference between a young kea and mature kea as well as hearing the sound of their call.  Josh tags the keas he finds and this allows him to monitor where they go.  It has been proven that where more traps are laid a larger number of keas live.  Less traps means more pests which means less keas.  

Thank you Josh for sharing your expertise.