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The man who saved species

10,000 Birds

Both species had undergone massive declines since the arrival of humans and where in a perilous position in the 1970s. In the case of the Black Robins this involved cross-fostering eggs and chicks in the nests of Chatham Tomtits and Chatham Warblers , a complicated task that quickly boosted numbers of birds once it began.

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