Birds moved
PA Auckland The stitchbird, a threatened species, has been given a second home on Hen Island, in the Hauraki Gulf. The stitchbird was found only on Little Barrier Island until the present move. Fifteen pairs of the bird had been transferred from Little Barrier to Hen Island in the hope that they would breed, said the secretary of the Hauraki Maritime Park Board (Mr F. Arnott). He said it was feared that rats might get ashore at Little Barrier and the colony be wiped out. The transfer of the breeding pair gave the species a second chance of survival. A six-year study of the environment on Hen Island had been made before the transfer decision.
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Press, 17 April 1980, Page 10
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