Experience Experiments New Zealand Protection 
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 10, 2011
Many a birding trip starts with a longish drive from the airport to the first birding site with these common roadside birds being the first taste you get of a country’s wildlife, and I feel that many bird trip reports, interested mostly in mega-rarities, gloss over the amazing experience this first drive can give.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 2, 2024
The scope is worldwide; of the 24 birds depicted, five are from the Americas; five from Eurasia; three from New Zealand; two from Australasia; three from Africa; one from Africa and Asia; one from Antarctica; two worldwide, and two from Asia, introduced worldwide. of Chicago Press, 2014). I do wish he had included Fairywrens!
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
My agenda is to help to make the Ross Sea an international marine protected area. What experience do I have to confirm my qualifications? The proposal was accepted, and the Institute for Protection of Nature was charged to write a protection proposal (it is the legal requirement) which went to the City Assembly for voting.
10,000 Birds
MAY 1, 2013
If you love the idea of swimming with dolphins, New Zealand is a great place to do it. I had my first swim with Inshore Bottlenose Dolphins in Northland’s Bay of Islands back in 2000, and it was a tripy experience. So if you are after a unique dolphin experience you could do worse than this New Zealand speciality.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
This makes it a particularly exciting time in New Zealand as the Rugby World Cup begins in two days, and the competition is being held right here in New Zealand (I would imagine they might be more excited if they hadn’t just lost two matches to Australia and South Africa, their big rivals in the Tri-Nations).
10,000 Birds
APRIL 25, 2019
4%: Mexico, West Papua (Indonesia), New Zealand, South Africa, Kenya. 10%: Australia, Papua New Guinea. 15%: Colombia, New Guinea (irrespective of the part/country). A lot more needs to be done to protect and sustainably utilise that biodiversity, although with the Brazil’s current president, it seems highly unlikely.
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. The experience was to prove critical the following year when introduced rats reached crisis levels on the remaining island of the South Island Saddleback.
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