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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“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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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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