10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 9, 2013
Mt Bruce, since you ask, is the Department of Conservation’s premier endangered bird breeding centre. The centre now encompasses native bush into which some of these endangered species have been released. (It Kiwi, New Zealand icons par excellence , are rather endangered. So what was going on?
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 7, 2011
Shore Plovers , a critically endangered species from New Zealand, have been reintroduced to several small islands off of New Zealand that were cleared of predators. A flock of about twenty of the birds keep flying from Mana Island , presumably to the mainland, but scientists can’t figure out where.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 6, 2016
As I said last week , I’ve decided to try and knock off a few of the New Zealand endemics and specialities that I haven’t seen before over the coming year, and the first place that sprung to mind was pretty close, just across the Cook Strait in the Marlborough Sounds. Spotted Shags are endemic to New Zealand.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 22, 2012
New Zealand has one of the direst records of extinction is modern times, second on really to Hawaii in terms of bird species lost. I’ve also touched on how New Zealanders have responded to these extinctions, but not in as much depth. Where does New Zealand go from here? Stewart island big.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 21, 2018
After an amazing trip thru Doubtful Sound, New Zealand, the next stop was to be in Bluff, just south of Invercargill. Up to this point, the weather had been just about perfect, but Mother Nature had some special plans for my arrival on the southern tip of New Zealand. All these newly introduced vermin had a field day.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 13, 2011
Last Sunday marked the end of an era in New Zealand with the sad passing of the conservationist and ornithologist and all round inspiration Don Merton. Kakapo were moved around New Zealand before all eventually being placed on one island off Stewart Island. The methodology was intensive, rather than more hands off.
10,000 Birds
JULY 11, 2012
A more problematic conflict is that fought over what to do with damaging introduced species. 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.
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