The Silvereye -Colourful Birds Collection (Otago) Traditional Cache

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This is a Silver coloured micro cache which only contains log paper. Please remember to bring your own pen, photo logs will not be accepted.

Please note you need to reach into the tree.

In New Zealand, the Silvereye was first recorded in 1832. It arrived in greater numbers in 1856, and it is assumed that a migrating flock was swept eastwards by a storm. As an apparently self-introduced bird it is protected as a native New Zealand species. Its Māori name, Tauhou, means "stranger" or more literally, "new arrival". The Silvereye is a very small bird which is liable to be found in any vegetated area, apart from open grasslands. Silvereyes nests are a tiny cup of grass, moss, hair, spiderweb, and thistledown, suspended from a branch fork in the outer reaches of small trees or shrubs.

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