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Beach birds and vehicles don’t mix

Department of Conservation —  15/02/2025

The chick is tiny. A ball of fluff on legs, weighing as much as a matchbox if you’re lucky. She’s difficult to see, with her speckled sand-coloured feathers blending perfectly with the beach.

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Celebrating our feathered mothers

Department of Conservation —  12/05/2019

This Mother’s Day, spare a thought for mothers of the feathered variety who have been handed a rough deal as predators attack them, their eggs and their fledglings.

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Female banded dotterel - the boss of her patch. Credit: James Bohan (DOC)

Banded Dotterel Nesting Season – Finding the near unfindable

Department of Conservation —  07/12/2018

“It sat down, it sat down!” This is the exclamation of an excited birder looking for banded dotterel/pohowera nests. It’s breeding season and its time figure out if our new predator cages will work to help boost nesting success.

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New Zealand falcon chicks.

Protecting the next generation of kārearea

Department of Conservation —  03/02/2015

The discovery of a kārearea nest near Gisborne started DOC Ranger Jamie Quirk on a small, low cost project to protect two vulnerable chicks from predation.

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Yellow-eyed penguin bravely protecting her egg.

Searching for yellow-eyed penguin nests

Department of Conservation —  13/11/2014

Rangers and volunteers recently went searching for yellow-eyed penguin/hōiho nests on the Otago Peninsula.

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