More Birds in the Bush - End of programme event

Join us for an online 2-day event where we share the findings from our 5-year MBIE Endeavour programme - More Birds in the Bush on 18 and 19 June 2024.

The confirmed agenda is below. You are welcome to jump in and out of the Teams webinar session as you want. All sessions will be recorded and uploaded to our website shortly after the event.

Please note: If you want to attend both days, you must register for each session using the links below. Once you complete the registration form, you will receive a Teams calendar invite via email. Please check your junk folder if it does not arrive in your inbox within 15 minutes.

Agenda

Day 1 - Tuesday 18 June 2024, 9:20am - 4:20pm

Session 1 - Welcome

9:20am	Welcome	Holden Hohaia
9:30am	The More Birds programme and content of the 2 days	Susan Walker
9:40am	Roles of predation and resources in forest bird declines and limitation	John Innes
10:10am	Morning tea break

Session 2 - Resources and predators

10:40am	How do omnivores affect resources in warm forests? Effects of separately removing possums and ship rats in Tuawhenua forests	Jo Carpenter
11:00am	Predictors of podocarp masting through time	Adrian Monks
11:20am	Low-elevation ship rat reservoirs, forest bird thermal refuges, and beech masts	Susan Walker
11:40am	What were ship rats eating across a forest elevation gradient and mast cycle at Lake Alabaster?	Jo Carpenter
12:00pm	Lunch break
12:45pm	Q&A with presenters	All
12:55pm	How will resources in beech systems change under climate change?	Adrian Monks
1:15pm	How will ship rats respond to climate change in beech forests?	Giorgia Vattiato
1:35pm	10-minute break
1:45pm	Q&A with presenters	All

Session 3 - Predators, management and surveillance

1:55pm	A brief history of DOC's large-forest predator management and surveillance regimes	Graeme Elliott
2:10pm	How can we relate rat density to tracking indices ?	Dean Anderson
2:30pm	Afternoon tea break
3:00pm	Effects of aerial management and stoat trapping on rodent and stoat tracking rates	Susan Walker
3:20pm	Rat, mouse, and stoat kills in past aerial management operations	Josh Kemp
3:40pm	Least cost pathways and ship rat reinvasion	James Griffiths
4:00pm	5-minute break
4:05pm	Q&A with presenters	All
4:15pm	Wrap-up and introduction to the content of the next day	Susan Walker

Day 2 - Wednesday 19 June 2024, 9:15am - 4:05pm

Session 4 - Bird outcomes

9:15am	Welcome	Adrian Monks
9:20am	Bird outcomes of multiple aerial management operations in large forests	Graeme Elliott
9:45am	One step forward and two steps back: are feral cats unwinding early gains for whio and kea?	Josh Kemp & Jason Malham
10:20am	Morning tea break
10:50am	Q&A with presenters	All
11:00am	Do temperature and invasive species determine vital rates of New Zealand’s forest birds?	Anne Schlesselmann
11:20am	Breeding dispersal and connectivity of kakaruwai outside a fenced sanctuary	Manaia Pearman-Fenton
11:40am	Reintroduced toutouwai population outcomes in large unfenced forests	Zoe Stone
12:00pm	Lunch break
12:45pm	Using count data and habitat connectivity to quantify and predict the success of reintroductions of a small arboreal passerine	Kevin Parker
1:05pm	Building better predictions to improve the success of forest bird translocations through adaptive management	Doug Armstrong & Kara
1:25pm	5-minute break
1:30pm	Q&A with presenters	All

Session 5 - Bringing it together

1:45pm	The broad scale model - How it works, where it is going, and remaining challenges	Mandy Barron & Dean Anderson
2:10pm	The broad scale model - Place-based control strategies and outcomes for different species	Mandy Barron & Anne Schlesselmann
2:30pm	Afternoon tea break
2:50pm	Q&A with presenters	All
3:00pm	How what has been learned has changed management, and early results	Josh Kemp, Graeme Elliott & Tristan Rawlence
3:30pm	New monitoring to inform management regimes across large forests	Tristan Rawlence
3:40pm	5-minute break
3:45pm	Q&A with presenters	All
3:55pm	Thanks and next steps	Susan Walker & Adrian Monks
4:00pm	Closing	Jo Carpenter