Let's Get Counting!
It's all go! We hope you can help us make this the biggest year yet. The best types of observations are those that are timed - ideally around 30min, but of course if you just happen to notice a Kereru and don't have 30min it's still valuable data.
The forecast is a bit mixed this year so it may be a challenge to spot birds but remember the best times to spot Kereru are in the mornings as well as the later in the afternoon.
Happy counting! Tim
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I'm excited! This is going to be fun.
Not that I've seen a kererū yet. I'm at Lincoln, part of the Canterbury Plains kererū desert. There is a bellbird singing across campus at the moment though, which itself is a rare thing in Lincoln at this time of year. I'll see if I can get outside today and at least load up some zero kererū counts.
We'll have a better chance of finding kererū up in the Christchurch Port Hills on the weekend.
Why isn't Invercargill recognised as part of New Zealand?
I tried posting sightings but get told they don't count because they must be observed in New Zealand.
Hi Norma,
Invercargill is definitely in New Zealand! :-)
What's happening is that you've typed in your place name but not added it to the map. See the screenshots on our Help pages for tips: https://inaturalist.nz/pages/add-an-observation-nz
The trick is that you type in a location name to search, and then you've got to press your enter key to make the search happen. That calls on Google Maps to do its best to put a pin on the map, which you can then correct if necessary before submitting.
Since you've got a street address entered, Google's location should be plenty accurate so I can go ahead and do this for you if you like.
Then the kereru count project will think your observations are in NZ.
Cheers,
Jon
OK. All fixed now.
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