Report by Sam, Age 11
The other day I went for a bike ride around McCormacks bay and I saw a Kingfisher on a pole. Then at that very moment it swooped down and grabbed a crab! As we went on we say more cool birds.
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I saw a Black bird, a silver eye, a Kingfisher, a swan, a sparrow, some ducks and a white faced heron. When I saw the blackbird it was hiding behind a wood pole. He didn’t get scared when we rode past but when we walked closer to him he ran away. We found a tree with sweet honey on it and we found out that silver eyes like to eat that honey and that humans can have it to!
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I really enjoyed it and I think it would be a nice walk/bike when you are in lockdown so you have something to do.
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