ALBATROSS NESTS

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 69, 19 September 1938, Page 14

ALBATROSS NESTS

PROVISION AT OTAGO HEADS

To protect the nesting-place of the royal albatrosses at the Otago Heads the bird committee of the^ Otago branch of the Royal Society* of New - Zealand has erected a fence across the • headland enclosing an area of five or 1 six acres from which the public will • be excluded for the next two months, i states the Dunedin correspondent of : the "Christchurch Press." This step, r which has been taken with the permission of the Otago Harbour Board, • was considered essential because of the • danger of the birds being disturbed by • visitors. 1 The arrival at the heads last year • of ten royal albatrosses was regarded ! as an event of first importance in Otago • scientific circles because it offered the : first opportunity ever given to science !of studying the habits of the birds. > Four nests were established, but the birds were so worried by visitors who threw stones to make the albatrosses rise from their eggs that only one nest remained. A chick was. eventually hatched in February, and as a result of measures that were taken for its protection it was successfully reared. The chick is still at the headland, and it is presumed that it is being fed by the parent birds. It is expected that during the next two months the albatrosses will arrive at the heads to establish their nests. It is hoped that those which arrived last year will return and that the chick, acting as a decoy, will attract others. For this reason the fence has been erected. The protection of the birds during the next few weeks is regarded as essential, but later persons who wish to see the birds will be able to do so by obtaining permits from the Otago Museum. PRICELESS HEALTH. Only sufferers realise what a won- \ derful blessing good health is. Guard your health with Baxters Lung Preserver. "Baxters" is best for coughs, colds, and most bronchial ailments. Keep warm, and keep "Baxters" handy is sound advice. "Baxters" tonic action assists rapid recuperation. Take ' care, take "Baxters"—ls 6d, 2s 6d. and > 4s 6d everywhere.—Advt. j

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