This species was seen moving or defecating seeds of the observed plant.
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Photos / SoundsWhatMediterranean Hackberry (Celtis australis)ObservertkoffelDescriptionQuite a fun observation. Large group of domestic pigeons eating Celtis australis berries. They looked quite clumsy, fluttering as they reached for them. Such dispersal by pigeons would explain how commonly Celtis australis spontaneously appears in the Lyon area, since it's not native but abondantly planted. |
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia var. domestica) |
Maroon-bellied Parakeet (Pyrrhura frontalis) | |
Human (Homo sapiens) | |
Photos / SoundsWhatDudley's Lousewort (Pedicularis dudleyi)ObserverjoshwalkerDescriptionAriolimax californicus dispersing seeds of Pedicularis dudleyi. |
California Banana Slug (Ariolimax californicus) |
Photos / SoundsWhatGreater Celandine (Chelidonium majus)Observercarlos_psDescriptionSeeds being dispersed by ants. |
Popokoriki (Ants) (Family Formicidae) |
WhatLancewoods and Five Fingers (Genus Pseudopanax)Observerkaipatiki_naturewatchDescriptionTi kouka? Seeds in kereru dropping beside bird water bowl and kawakawa tree |
Kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) |
Kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) | |
Photos / SoundsWhatHoupara (Pseudopanax lessonii)Observerkaipatiki_naturewatchDescriptionTi kouka and kawakawa regularly fed here on by kereru, one of which was roosting in kanuka overhead at time of this observation. This dropping is dry, but a wet orange one just missed me while sitting there. - separate observations for bird and other droppings within a metre of this one |
Kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) |
Photos / SoundsWhatFlowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)Observerkaipatiki_naturewatchDescriptionFed on by kereru, one of which was roosting in kanuka overheas at time of this ovservation. This dropping is dry, but a wet orange one just missed me while sitting there. - separate observations for bird and other droppings within a metre of this one |
Kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) |
Photos / SoundsWhatCoprosma (Genus Coprosma)Observerkaipatiki_naturewatchDescriptionFresh kereru dropping - just missed me. Kereru observation posted separately.
This should be a separate comment really as it is not about the seeds focused on in this pbservation, but...also present within a metre of this dropping are about a dozen nikau seeds, all clean and apparently uneaten...and one bounced off the concrete beside me while I was taking these photos. There are several fruiting nikau trees about 10m away, but none uphill of here or on this concrete driveway. Do kereru carry nikau fruit around in their crop and drop them at bedtime?
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Kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) |
Photos / SoundsWhatNīkau Palm (Rhopalostylis sapida)Observerkaipatiki_naturewatchDescriptionSeeds mysteriously appearing on driveway - about a dozen gathered up here this evening from a couple of square metres of concrete under kanuka and in which a kereru was roosting at bedtime. Something unseen dropped with a sharp crack and bounced while I was sitting under a kanuka and totara taking photos of the kereru in the kanuka, which was still and quiet and only drawn my attention to its presence by slightly splashing me with the liquid orange dropping(image added in case it sheds light on the mystery of the nikau seeds). Kereru feed on kawakawa fruit several times a day in this garden at present. Not yet seen in the ti kouka or karamu but karamu may be ripe nearby. Kohuhu and totara beside the kanuka the kereru was sitting in.
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Kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) |
Human (Homo sapiens) | |
Human (Homo sapiens) |