1Feb 5, 2014
Each day on the Chathams dawned in the usual manner – ferocious howlers and churned up seas – and day by day, this never-ending storm slowly chipped away at our hopes of executing a NZ first – an albatross translocation. We were hoping to transfer 30 threatened Chatham Island albatross chicks to a specially protected […]
2Jun 26, 2013
In a few months’ time, Kaikoura residents will celebrate the return of their nationally endangered Hutton’s shearwaters from Australia’s fishing grounds with a raucous street party. Indeed, these welcoming parties are becoming quite a tradition amongst birders in NZ. Church bells toll and cake flows when our godwits return from their marathon flight from Alaska. […]