HAWKS' LONG FLIGHT.
y J PAIR AT NORFOLK ISLAND. I- !• SMALL BIRDS ALARMED. y ir ■ i s [from ot:n n\v;i coiiUEsrcindent. | s NORFOLK ISLAND, June (1. Al .'kl times one or two liawks cortie ' a from New Zealand to the island—a d minimum flight of 400 miles. A pair n arrived the other day, the. first for some r ' years. Although the present generation iS of small birds here had never previously seen such creatures, instinct warned > them of the danger threatening and there was consternation among the feathered tribe as the marauders circled overhead. Turkeys apparently had the t quickest eye and ".spotted" the visitors 3 -when it was difficult to pick them up " with £;ood iicld glasses.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20604, 1 July 1930, Page 16
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119HAWKS' LONG FLIGHT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20604, 1 July 1930, Page 16
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