NATURE'S RECOVERY
FOREST TREES FILL GAPS Nature, working her will unrestrained, is reproducing on Kapiti island the ancient order of forest, plant, and bird life, according to the observations of Dr. W. P. B. Oliver, curator of the Dominion Museum, Wellington, who spent 14 clays' leave on the island. Young forest trees have grown (iff. high in the bush, have got a grip of the open spaces in the long grass, and seem likely to replace tlie manuka growth, he told a Post reporter. It is about. 10 years since goats and sheep wero cleared from the island. "The birds, are doing very well," said Dr. Oliver. "Wo had wokas about the camp looking for scraps all the time we were thore. There, were blue penguins breeding in the house at. which some parties stayed, and occasionally they made weird, noises in the night. Pigeons, tuis, and bcllbirds were plentiful about the camp. One could often see four pigeons together at a time. Going through the bush one saw robins, tomtits, fantails. and ■whiteheads.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18622, 5 February 1935, Page 6
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174NATURE'S RECOVERY Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18622, 5 February 1935, Page 6
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