Translocation techniques for fluttering shearwaters: establishing a colony on Mana Island
Read a 2010 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.