Bird Island

CAITLIN WRITES:
I had a great day today but it was a weird one. I spent the day with my teacher IN THE HOLIDAYS-not that I mind that of course. We went to an island called Tiritiri Matangi, where we are going on a school trip next term. I got a preview! We got up really early and picked up Miss W from her house. Then we drove to Gulf Harbour.
I learned lots about different birds and the walk was great. I saw a tui, saddleback, north shore robin ( which is blue), a whitehead, a bell bird and a stitchbird. Me and Reuben were the only kids who volunteered to turn on the water trough and fill it!
Before we went we stopped at the beach for an hour to search in rockpools.

I had a great day but now I'm exhausted and a bit pink.








REUBEN WRITES:
I remember when a large bird came and scared mommy. It was a takahe called Greg. He steals lunches and underwear! They found a bird in a toilet and thought it was female so they called her LOU LOU. But it was a boy so they changed its name to LOU! Mommy got a new t shirt with lots and lots of penguins on it. (She likes penguins)
Caitlin said we got up RRRREEEEEAAAALLLY early but I usually get up at that time anyway and do stuff.
We went to this beach with loads of life in it. We collected different shells from it. I got six and Caitlin got lots. In the rockpools there were loads of starfish, loads of crabs, loads of sea snails, loads of sea urchins and the crabs were always nesting in different places and sometimes when we flipped rocks over we could see the whole family scuttling around. Caitlin thought she found a hairy crab!
The ferry was huge. I wanted a boungy thingy ( to translate: an insect made of wire) but mommy said no because she is mean!

A strange thing was we always sat at the back of the ferry but I'm OK with that!


The kittens have been a bit naughty. We have put them back in their room so they can learn to use their litter trays again properly and learn to use their scratching post, because they have been weeing and pooing all over the place. Mommy thinks they are a bit lonely when we go out during the day.

Mommy is a bit sad too because her camera has broken.

I had lots of cookie at lunch because I had TWO moderately big pieces and Caitlin only had ONE big piece!