WALT: Write a persuasive piece of writing.
Wax Eye
Do you have any idea what a wax-eye? No, it’s not a eye full of gooey sleep. A Wax-eye is a friendly bird with a white feathered ring around its eye. They are slightly smaller than a sparrow, the maori name for the wax-eye is tauhou. If you read on you will find out more about their habitat, their appearance and their predators it has a few threats, but luckily not to many.
Firstly I would like to talk about the Wax-eyes diet and their habitat.The Wax-eye eats mainly insects and fruit nectar. They live in deep forests of open grassland. Although they feed on fruit nectar and not meat, they visit bird feeders more than any other species in New Zealand. They are native to New Zealand, you find them in the North Island. The most populated area is the Far North.
Secondly I would like to talk about their appearance and their behaviour. Although wax-eyes are very small, they are very strong, they flew from Australia and the South Pacific Islands which is approximately 4,163 km away from us. The wax-eye has a olive green eye with a white feathered circle around it, they have a fine tabberd bill, and a brush tipped tongue like many other birds. Their feathers are a green olive colour and sometimes yellow. Males have slightly brighter plumage than a female. Personally I think that the wax-eye is a very elegant and beautiful bird
Thirdly, there are many predators out there that kill the wax-eye. The main predators are cats, stoats, rats and morepork. Lucky, the population of the wax-eye is quite high, so they are not on their way to being endangered or extinct. There are protection centers like Zealandia in Wellington. Sanctuaries like these have high walls and underground fencing so no predators can get in. Birds such as the wax eye can still fly out but have a safe place to return to.
I hope I have convinced you to look after the wax-eye. This little bird has the strength of 50 tigers and the beauty of a peacock. Although we do not need to worry about it’s extinction we do need to recognise it as a New Zealand native bird. You can help keep them safe by putting a bell on you cats collar (If they have a collar.) or make rat and stoat traps were the wax eye mainly lives. Thank you for reading all about the wax-eye.
Secondly I would like to talk about their appearance and their behaviour. Although wax-eyes are very small, they are very strong, they flew from Australia and the South Pacific Islands which is approximately 4,163 km away from us. The wax-eye has a olive green eye with a white feathered circle around it, they have a fine tabberd bill, and a brush tipped tongue like many other birds. Their feathers are a green olive colour and sometimes yellow. Males have slightly brighter plumage than a female. Personally I think that the wax-eye is a very elegant and beautiful bird
Thirdly, there are many predators out there that kill the wax-eye. The main predators are cats, stoats, rats and morepork. Lucky, the population of the wax-eye is quite high, so they are not on their way to being endangered or extinct. There are protection centers like Zealandia in Wellington. Sanctuaries like these have high walls and underground fencing so no predators can get in. Birds such as the wax eye can still fly out but have a safe place to return to.
I hope I have convinced you to look after the wax-eye. This little bird has the strength of 50 tigers and the beauty of a peacock. Although we do not need to worry about it’s extinction we do need to recognise it as a New Zealand native bird. You can help keep them safe by putting a bell on you cats collar (If they have a collar.) or make rat and stoat traps were the wax eye mainly lives. Thank you for reading all about the wax-eye.
I like how you described different points of the wax-eye bird and how you try to convince people to help and save this bird.
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