Plant a Kowhai they said. Easy to grow they said. Kereru love them they said.

What they didn’t say was that Kereru chonks eat ALL the new shoots so that you permanently think your little Kowhai tree is in a perpetual state of leafless drain circling.

But wait! Mao Mao can watch over the tree. From the safety of inside the house. Because you know, big birds are big birds and scary as.

La la lala la

Isa stick myz head out just a bit. Creepy slow. Not too much. Cos big bird real close.

Up yours. I don’t care.

Woahhhh. Check me out. I’m still 2 metres away from you. Still more Kowhai to chomp.

Just a teeny bit moar but not too much.

Woohoo! I’m an upside down chicken and I still don’t care about you dumbo cat.

Kereru ate all the new shoots. Flew away. Mao Mao back inside. Asleep. Excellent catting. Top class birding.
That is all.