Kohab Life
Tips and ideas to support NZ Birds in your garden and help them thrive.
Attract Tūī to Your New Zealand Garden
Learn how to attract tūī to your garden with simple tips including nectar feeders, water and bird friendly planting. Practical advice for NZ gardens.
Thoughtful Gifts for Bird & Garden Lovers
Discover thoughtful, NZ-made gifts for bird- and garden-lovers. Feeders, nectar, birdhouses and bath sets that invite tūī, fantails & silvereyes into their backyard.
Why Fantails Follow You Around.
Fantails really do follow people — and the reason is surprisingly clever. Learn why Pīwakawaka get so close, what their behaviour means, and how to support them in your garden.
Why Tūī Are So Noisy When They Fly
Wondering why Tūī are so noisy when they fly? Discover how they control their wing sounds to impress, warn, and communicate.
How to Feed Native Birds in Your Garden
Learn how to safely feed native birds in your NZ garden. Tips on food, placement, cleaning and the best Kohab feeders for tūī, Silvereyes and more.
8 Kitchen Leftovers to Feed Your Garden Birds
Discover 8 safe, budget-friendly kitchen scraps to feed NZ garden birds. Tips, safety advice & Kohab feeder ideas to turn leftovers into bird-friendly meals.
Sacred Kingfisher (Kotare) Facts & Info
The Sacred Kingfisher is a fearsome hunter. Once they catch their food, they bash their victim to death and pulverise them so they can swallow them whole....
Why Birds Look Scruffy in Autumn
Why do birds look so scruffy in Autumn? It’s moulting season in NZ. Find out what it means and how we can help the birds we kohabit with.
How Do Birds' Feet Work?
Ever wondered how birds manage to sleep on a branch without falling off? Find out about the amazing science behind their grip!
The Ruru (Morepork) in Māori Mythology
The Ruru (Morepork) is considered a connection between nature, ancestors, and unseen forces within Māori mythology
The mating behaviour of Tūī.
The New Zealand endemic Tūī has an elaborate and noisy mating ritual. But not all is as it seems, and it turns out that size really does matter. Find out how the male Tūī woos a female, and what really attracts their mate.
How do birds stay warm in the Winter?
During the Winter months and temperatures drop across New Zealand, have you ever wondered how your garden birds stay warm? Find out how in this months Kohab Life blog now.
How to clean your bird feeder.
It’s important to clean your bird feeders regularly as it helps attract more birds but also helps support NZ birds by protecting them from illness and the spread of pests and diseases.
The best place to put a bird feeder.
Bird feeders are a great way to attract birds to your garden and support your wild birdlife with supplementary food. But where you place your feeder can make all the difference to the number of visitors you get.
Bird feathers and how they work.
Feathers are amazing things. Lightweight and beautiful, but strong and perfectly designed. All birds have them and they provide warmth, protection, the ability to fly and to attract mates. Find out all about how they work here…
Ruru (Morepork) - Facts and Info
New Zealand's only native owl, the Ruru, may be known as the Guardian of the Forest, but this nocturnal forest owl is also common in urban settings where there are lots of large trees. Find out more…
It’s time to spring clean your birdhouse.
How to clean a wooden birdhouse. Not only will cleaning your birdhouse attract NZ birds, it will also help support New Zealand birds by protecting them from the spread of pests and diseases.
8 Tips on feeding birds this winter
Winter is a difficult time for the NZ Birds we kohabit our gardens with, but it's not difficult to give them a helping hand. Anyone can do a little something to help our feathered friends thrive over the cold months.
Where do garden birds go in a storm?
Where do the NZ birds we kohabit our gardens with go during storms? How do the birds survive bad weather? And what can we do to support our garden birds during this time? Find out in our Kohab Life blog…
Fantail (Pīwakawaka)- Facts and Info
The friendly Fantail is one of New Zealand's iconic birds and one that everyone is always happy to see. It is a small cheerful little bird, but don't be fooled by this tiny cute bird, it's actually an insect-killing machine! Find out more about the endemic Fantail in this Kohab Life blog.