I now have a Weka and a Pukeko living in my garden

..... not in perfect harmony but getting better. Ralph the Weka is now free to come and go and wanders far more than Pav does who is a homebody, very much, thank goodness. It has been a rather harrowing week releasing Ralph and I still worry about him in this area with cars, dogs and people. I would far rather have released him somewhere safter but a lot of our Kiwi sanctuaries don't want Weka alongside of Kiwi plus I have read that Weka have an incredible homing instinct. We will see what happens but basically I've done my bit in raising him, and releasing him. I hope he will find a mate and eventually go off and be wild cos I don't really want another big bird to care for, feed and wreck my garden - Pav does it quite well on his own! :)