19 Apr '04 5:59 pm It comes in the form of a fat faced, white bummed pukeko! As much as I adore this bird he is fast becoming a pesky one.
How do I gently persude him that the new pond plants are not there for his benefit? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated
He has munched his way through 3 Golden Taros, 2 Alocasias and 2 Iris
chooky
valued contributor
New Zealand
20 Apr '04 8:41 am hi Pumpkin-Pukekos can be pests of monumental proportions
We have 4 that live on 1 of our wet areas and do not come near the house garden.I have no idea how to control them.Apart from trapping them and relocating them to another place.
Bex
website manager
Camberwell, London
20 Apr '04 10:40 am Juging by it's behaviour, I think I've had a visit from one of these creatures - ate the shoelaces off my walking boots when I was asleep inside the tent. Does that sound like familiar behaviour?
I'm ashamed to admit that I had no idea what a pukeko looks like so I investigated - rather amusing article on thise site: http://www.nzbirds.com/Pukeko.html. A descriptive article only tho - no hints given for how to stop them munching the garden up!
Even tho they are clearly pesky, they seem pretty cute
pumpkin
compost executive
Auckland
22 Apr '04 6:47 am hehe....they probably would chew on your laces Bx.....they're that cheeky!
They are cute .......just really destructive
.....I snuck up to suprise him (trying scare tactics) and it backfired .....there are actually 5 of them. However, some success, we all got a big fright and they took off noisily ...don't like my chances of catching them chooky
pukeko! As much as I adore this bird he is fast becoming a pesky one.
how to control them.Apart from trapping them and relocating them to another place. 
