Monday 23 May 2016

A Poem about how nature changes. By Frida


With a single water drop that twinkles in the dawn,
Where a single bird calls from high in the tree,
And frost covers the ground, 
The wind howls a song into the cool night air.


A soft blow picks up the clouds and batters them far to the north.

A deer walks past and leaves fresh tracks,
A small baby deer bounces behind and bonks into his mother.
She grunts and walks a little faster.
Its close to winter now so the deer are traveling the chipmunks are Finding nuts and the birds are flying.


After a long snowy winter the first bird calls and that seems to wake Everything up the chipmunks yawn their cute little yawns. a goose Is back thats meaning the birds are flying back, the deer are back Grazing on sweet summer grass and the chickadees are going " Chickadee dee dee " as the moose fall asleep, 
The wolves are Tired and hungry as they try to hunt and the stags Are showing off. The small young fawn is now a stag and has a group of girl deer. They follow him up into the vast and vanish from sight. His mother Calls and stumbles down till she is under a tree. A hawk comes Flying over head and follows a hare that hides. I hope that when the Winter comes the birds will fly and the deer will make their Migration, and the chipmunks will hibernate again.



The End.

Wednesday 18 May 2016

A Kiwi report

Kiwi's 

The kiwi is a famous bird in NZ, we are called kiwis so we want to save this Endangered species. It is national to NZ.

Habitat 
Kiwis are nocturnal it means they are only awake at night. they would almost always sleep in a borrow that they have dug or a hollow tree.

What they eat 
Kiwis eat a lot because they have a diet and have to eat like all creatures do. Here are some of the foods : worms, seeds, grubs, small crayfish, small eels, fruit, insects and spiders. All this food comes from the forest floor.

What they look like.
Kiwi are flightless birds, they cannot fly. The females are larger than the males and there are only 68,000 left. They are the only bird that has a long beak with nostrils at the very top of their beak. They are endangered. There are 4 species of kiwi 1. Great Spotted 2. Brown 3. White 4. Little spotted. They are related to the Emu bird and have feathers like hair. They are native to NZ.

Babies
The eggs are six times larger than the kiwi and takes up 3 thirds of their body. The chicks get fed the white of the egg for a few days before they hatch. Brown kiwi are faster breeders than any other kiwi. Kiwi mate for life and can live up to 40 yrs old.

Extra
We lose 20 kiwi every week because of these predators : dogs, stoats, ferrets, cats, rats. Kiwis use their feet to fight not their beaks. they are fast movers. The males call is a high  screeching , and the females is a lower booming sound.

The kiwi is very rare - this means we need to save them ( Quick! ) A few ways to save them : we can donate money to the kiwis. we can keep pets on leads, inside , in a cage or away from kiwi.!
photos from : http://www.rainbowsprings.co.nz/kiwi-conservation/kiwi-facts/


By Frida photos from :
https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=kiwi+bird&safe=strict&rlz=1CAACAJ_enNZ683NZ684&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=631&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiRtbj5zuLMAhVne6YKHaalBwMQiR4IdQ


Wednesday 11 May 2016

Poem about Ruby my rat


She dances in the moonlight till dawn,
and she has a crown made of thorns,
she spins with delight in the beat of the drum.
she taps her paws on a small log and twirls around
She faces the cat with a loud fearful scorn.
The cat turns round and flees 
Ruby with soft dancing paws 
falls asleep on her bed of straw, 
From a barn she has lived in for years,
She turns out the light and says a big
Goodnight.


In Maori
kanikani ana ia i roto i te atarau noa ata ,
a kua ia he karauna i hanga o tataramoa ,
huringa ia ki ahuareka i te patuki o te drum .
kōrere ia ona ringaringa i runga i te raau iti , me te twirls a tawhio noa
anga ana ia te ngeru ki te tawai mataku nui .
Te ngeru tahuri tawhio me rere
Ruby ki ringaringa kanikani ngohengohe
taka moe i runga i tona moenga o te kakau witi ,
Mai i te whare witi kua noho ia i roto i mo tau ,
tahuri atu ia te marama , me te ta i te nui
Goodnight .



By Frida

Friday 6 May 2016

Mountain pygmy possum











Mountain pygmy possum
Burramys parvus
A quiz for you to answer can you answer them and get them all right?
look at the website to get the answers before answering!
website: http://reptilepark.com.au/animals/mammals/mountain-pygmy-possum/

Photo from: mammals/mountain-pygmy-possum/

1. What does this creature eat?


2. Where do the females stay while heavy with babies?


3. What are the threats to this possum?


4.What colours are the mountain pygmy possum?


5. Name 2 parks this rare creature lives?


6.What is this possum sometimes mistaken for?


7. Witch is bigger a male or a female?


8. Do they hibernate?


9. Could this possum starve to death?


10. How big are the mountain possums nests?


by Frida