10,000 Birds
MARCH 27, 2014
The New Zealand Grey Duck is nearly extinct as species. Approximately 95 percent of the native Gray Ducks in New Zealand are hybrids. Mallards did not occur in New Zealand naturally, but were released to provide hunting stock.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 3, 2014
Laughing Owl, 1909, New Zealand, photo taken by Cuthbert and Oliver Parr, pp. The Laughing Owl of New Zealand exhibited an apparent lack of fear of strangers and a propensity to spend time on the ground, making it easy pickings for introduced predators. And, they are fascinating. The photographs were never published.
10,000 Birds
JULY 11, 2012
This is a very serious business here in New Zealand. New Zealand has been the recipient of a higher than average number of introduced species, in particular a range of mammals from elk to mice. The initial solution in New Zealand was to move species to islands where mammals hadn’t reached.
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