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Translocation techniques for fluttering shearwaters: establishing a colony on Mana Island

Published:

2010

Read a report about the re-establishment of a fluttering shearwater colony on Mana Island, near Wellington.

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Summary

The report summarises the translocation of 225 fluttering shearwater chicks by Friends of Mana Island and the Department of Conservation, to re-establish a colony of fluttering shearwater on Mana Island, off the west coast of the lower North Island of New Zealand. It describes the selection of chicks, transfer methods, and hand-feeding protocols, and presents emergent behaviour, fledging results and a summary of the success of the translocation.

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Publication information

Prepared by Helen Gummer, for Friends of Mana Island, and Lynn Adams, Wellington Hawke's Bay Conservancy, Department of Conservation

© Copyright 2010, New Zealand Department of Conservation

ISBN: 978-0-478-14739-1 (print)
ISBN: 978-0-478-14740-7 (web pdf)

Contact

Friends of Mana Island Inc., PO Box 54 101, Mana, Porirua, New Zealand

Wellington Hawke's Bay Conservancy Office
Phone: +64 4 472 5821
Fax: +64 4 499 0077
Email: wellingtonco@doc.govt.nz
Address: 181 Thorndon Quay
Pipitea
Wellington 6011
Postal Address: PO Box 5086
Lambton Quay
Wellington 6145

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