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Grallards: New Zealand’s Next Extinction or Newest Species?

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Yes, cute little Skylarks were all well and good, but what Kiwis really wanted were birds they could shoot and fish they could, uh, fish. Using ministerial connections he obtained 100 mallard eggs from the US and began to breed and distribute them. Female Mallard, photo by Corey.

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A Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia: A Book Review by a Penguin Groupie

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They breed in dense colonies, incubate their single egg on the feet, and take more than a year to fledge a chick. The South Georgia Pipit is near threatened, its nests predated by rats, and is one of the main reasons that the South Georgia Heritage Trust aims to eradicate rats from the whole area.

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