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“Hawk” vs. Hawk

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Syngenta advises users to “NOT place baits in locations which are accessible to pets, domestic animals, livestock or birds” or to “contaminate dams, waterways and drains with the bait or its used container.” Perhaps not surprisingly, the poison companies seem to be hiding behind Teflon shields about the problems with their products.

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Penguins, Parrots and Wine on Matiu / Somes Island

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As I have explained before these islands are the best place for a lot of the birding here because they are more easily protected from introduced mammals which wreck such havoc on the wildlife here. Somes, less interestingly, was a rich backer of the New Zealand Company called Joseph Somes (who never went near the place).

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