Easy enough mistake to make Linda, done it myself!
I have just come back from an awesome weekend in the bush! It was a 5 hour drive North to the Lakes District, and I stayed nearby at Lake Rotoiti and it was interesting to discover that the bush was in the process of being made a preditor free zone, one of several here in New Zealand.
Although I didn't see any Kekapo's, I had Tui's flitting around like Fantails - so tame. Never seen that before. Also the other birds were so tame and unafraid, and I put it down to the fact that the preditors had been delt with.
We are doing a lot here through DOC, a Government Department that takes care of the wildlife in New Zealand, creating preditor free Islands to encourage the breeding programns of the endangered birds, and that is proving very successful.
Wonderful bird life here, wonderful songs they sing too. We might not have the brightly coloured birds I admire so much in the Amazon, but if you could see the Kekapo, and the Kea, you would enjoy them just as much!