Pamela Moresby
This is a Bell Bird that lives on Tiritiri Matangi Island, which is a bird sanctuary. Its one beautiful bird and often competes for the sugar water that the Stitch Bird also likes.
The Bell Bird is an endangered bird, so you won’t see it on the street of common every day New Zealander. When people emigrated to New Zealand from the United Kingdom they brought with them English animals, because all New Zealand has as native birds
The animals that were introduced to New Zealand has contributed to the extinction of many of New Zealand native species. If you look it up you will find quite a few birds now extinct, that will never return because the introduced species have killed the lot of them.
If it were not for some dedicated New Zealanders that are interested in preserving the bird species, a lot more would now be extinct. There are organisations such as Bird Rescue, NZ Conservation and many scientists that are specialists in this subject.
Introduced pests are rats, cats, dogs, mice, ferrets, weasels, stoats, opossums (from Australia) deer and others.These native birds formerly did not know predators and some that nest on the ground are easy prey.
These are a threat to our wild unique beautiful bird life. They will not stop killing birds because it is their nature. They are even more a threat, when people dump an unwanted cat on the road in the country or the road and abandon them. The cat kills some birds, but has to compete with other feral cats, the feral cat often slowly dies of starvation or is knocked down and killed by cars.
Fortunately for Harry pictured here, he is feed but he is very good at catching and killing mice, and several birds in the neighbourhood. As much as I love cats, they are born bird killers and because of them, many of New Zealand birds now are extinct they will never return again.
For the reason of cats owned by lonely people who need them, many of these beautiful birds will never return to the mainland of New Zealand and have to live their lives in a bird sanctuary.
Another Bell bird here on Tiritiri Matangi waiting its turn to have some sugar water. The sugar water is to be served fresh daily. The Bell bird is better off than some of New Zealand’s endangered species and some may survive on the mainland, but they breed better in bird sanctuaries such as Tiritirii Matangi island.
Tiritiri Matangi Island Bell bird.
Nice and interesting place-nice post and beautiful pictures-thanks
Thanks for your kind comments Lado
I’m happy to see your post-they are very interesting and beautiful pictures
Thanks so much Tasartcraft
Thank you for sharing this blog about the bell birds.
Thanks so much Deepizzaguy.
You are welcome Pamela.
I was wondering about the anklets, but since you said they’re endangered I assume those are tracking devices. Now I just wonder why two on the same let- you’d figure one on either leg for even weight distribution…
The anklets are tracking devices, the birds are counted, their numbers are monitored. Its very important to keep on track of their numbers when these birds are often endangered.
Wonderful photos! Bell birds are very interesting!
Thanks so much Ellie.
Waoo beautiful Bird It’s a nice post.
Thanks so much Hamza, glad you like it.
It’s a riddle for me why the conservation status of this bird is only Least Concern (according to Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_bellbird) despite all the problems you’ve listed.
Not many people see this bird in most areas of New Zealand. I’ve only seen it on Tiritiri Matangi island
Thanks Anastasia, any thing to help birds is needed,
What a beautiful little bird. Cats are predators all over the world for birds. That is why I have to be careful where I place my bluebird house in my yard and keep a pole to where they cannot get to the nest. It happened once when it was too close to the fence. I have learned over the years. My cats stay indoors all the time, they are declawed.
That declawering is a good idea and kept indoors good
The bell bird is a beautiful creature! Thanks for sharing photos and for the discussion surrounding them. Though the earth is under the effects of the fall, because of Jesus the Christ’s victory over sin and death a new day is coming when creation will be renewed–set right again. Not everyone agrees on this fact but those who have studied it well present a valid case. A wonderfully encouraging article is found in this link: https://creation.com/new-earth
Yes, I’ve heard it, the Lion will lie down with the Lamb. Yes, it will be great. Comes at a time we don’t expect, like a thief. Meanwhile we on earth need to deal with the present realities. Thanks Robertatalloni