In late January, the Kea Conservation Trust will set up cameras in and near about five kea nests in the East and West Matukituki Valleys, mainly to find out what is eating their eggs and chicks. To find the nests, trust members will catch females and attach transmitters to them, she said. One of the challenges will be making sure the cameras are not interfered with by the kea, which are renowned for their curiosity. Ms Orr-Walker said the trust had been monitoring kea nests in various parts of the country since 2009 and had found another problem was possums ``messing with the cameras''. Ms Orr-Walker said trust members attempted in May to locate kea nests in the East Matukituki Valley but saw only one female and some juvenile birds.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 26, 2016 17:03 UTC