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The Cattle Egret Expansion

10,000 Birds

When you think of invasives, you think of the birds that have been helped by human beings to get where they are, such as House Sparrow or European Starling. They have expanded their range through Indonesia and into Australia and is found in post breeding dispersal as far north as South Korea and Japan. ibis and the eastern B.

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The man who saved species

10,000 Birds

It worked, and the translocated birds were soon breeding. Both species had undergone massive declines since the arrival of humans and where in a perilous position in the 1970s. Today the species is secure on a large number of islands and reserves. Don with Richard Henry, the venerable Kakapo that died last December.

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